look upon them ; and grass is green and 

 sky blue that young feet may find soft 

 resting-places and the young head a beauti- 

 ful roof over it. Every day is a new dis- 

 covery, and every night receives into its 

 dreams some new object from the world 

 of sights and sounds. 



Nature surrounds her child with invisible 

 teachers, and makes even its play a training 

 for the highest duties. Gradually, imper- 

 ceptibly, she expands the vision and suffers 

 here and there a hint of something deeper 

 and more wonderful to stir and direct the 

 young discoverer. He sees the apple tree 

 let fall its blossoms, and, lo ! the fruit grows 

 day by day to a mellow and enticing ripe- 

 ness under his eyes. Suddenly he detects 

 a hidden sequence between flower and fruit ! 



The rose bush is covered with buds, small, 

 green, unsightly; a night passes, and, be- 

 hold ! great clusters of blossoming flowers 

 that call him by their fragrance, and when 

 he has come reward him with a miracle of 

 colour. Here is another mystery ; and day 

 by day they multiply and grow yet more 

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