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the distress of their kind in a readier way than any other 

 forms. He is indeed a poor naturalist who overlooks this 

 trait ; for however deeply he may have delved, he has not 

 won the jewel unless he appreciates this element of an unend- 

 ing joy which the bird-life continually offers him. From that 

 life we may well believe that man is hereafter to derive 

 some great and fruitful lessons. 



