192 EXTENT OF THE INQUIRY. 



tion. Herscliel took up the inquiry ; and he, with his 

 usual power of inductive search and of philosophical 

 deduction, presented the world with a class of discoveries 

 which showed how vast a field of investigation was open- 

 ing for the younger races of mankind, a field in which 

 a true spirit may reap the highest reward in the disco- 

 very of new facts, and to which we must look for a fur- 

 ther development of those great powers with which we 

 have already some slight acquaintance, and for the dis- 

 covery of 'higher influences which are not yet dreamed 

 of in our philosophy. 



If music, with its mysteries of sound, 



Gives to the human heart a heavenward feeling; 



'The beauty and the grandeur which are found 



-Spread like a vesture this fair earth around, 

 Creation's wond'rous harmonies revealing, 

 And to the soul in truth's strong tongue appealing, 



"With all the magic of those secret powers, 



Which, mingling with the lovely band of light, 



The sun in constant undulation showers 



To mould the crystals, and to shape the flowers, 

 Or give to matter the immortal might 



Of an embracing soul should, from this sod, 



Exalt our aspirations all to God. 



