OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



leads us on, and does not let us guess that 

 her secrets are inexhaustible and unfath- 

 omable, even though we lived and studied 

 them through seons of time. Else should 

 we be discouraged before we ever started, 

 and give up in despair ere the first uncer- 

 tain step was taken. It is only after we 

 have reached a certain point of knowledge 

 that the real truth about our ignorance is 

 revealed. But by that time the charm of 

 discovery has taken such a firm hold that, 

 instead of being sorry that we know so 

 little, we rejoice that there still remain such 

 endless vistas of fascinating mystery to be 

 explored. 



How much I pity the people who, owning 

 and living in magnificent country homes, 

 adorned with trees and flowers, do not 

 know any of the pleasure of cultivating 

 them, and have no sense for, or knowledge 

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