4 JUNGLE PEACE 



side aisle of the great green wonderland, and, 

 as I have done in these pages, looking obliquely 

 at all things, observing them as actors and com- 

 panions rather than as species and varieties; 

 softening facts with quiet meditation, leavening 

 science with thoughts of the sheer joy of exist- 

 ence. It should be possible occasionally to 

 achieve this and yet to return to science en- 

 riched and with enthusiasm, and again to play 

 some little part in the great physical struggle 

 that wonderful strife which must give to future 

 peace and contentment new appreciation, a 

 worthier enjoyment. 



It is possible to enter a jungle and become 

 acutely aware of poison fang and rending claw 

 much as a pacifist considers the high adven- 

 ture of righteous war. But it is infinitely more 

 wonderful and altogether satisfying to slip 

 quietly and receptively into the life of the 

 jungle, to accept all things as worthy and 

 reasonable; to sense the beauty, the joy, the 

 majestic serenity of this age-old fraternity of 

 nature, into whose sanctuary man's entrance is 

 unnoticed, his absence unregretted. The peace 

 of the jungle is beyond all telling. 



