io Outlook to Nature 



twigs ; the mouse skittering to its burrow ; the 

 insect seeking its crevice ; the smell of the 

 ground ; the sweet wind ; the silent stars ; 

 the leaf that clings to its twig or that falls 

 when its work is done. 



Wisdom flows from these as it can never 

 flow from libraries and laboratories. " There 

 be four things," say the Proverbs, "which 

 are little upon the earth, but they are exceed- 

 ing wise : 



" The ants are a people not strong, yet 

 they prepare their meat in the summer; 



"The conies are but a feeble folk, yet 

 make they their houses in the rocks ; 



" The locusts have no king, yet go they 

 forth all of them by bands ; 



" The spider taketh hold with her hands, 

 and is in kings' palaces." 



WHAT LITERATURE CAN DO FOR Us 



Some of us do not enjoy nature because 

 there is not enough sheer excitement in it. 

 It has not enough dash and go for this 

 electric age; and this is the very reason why 



