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rounding objects seen in his daily walks ; but 

 learning the names of strangers, do we know 

 enough? So far as humanity is concerned, 

 often it is enough, you will say ; but so unfor- 

 tunate a feeling should not apply to the wild 

 life about us. Not a creature that we see but 

 serves some purpose, but if we are asked what 

 that purpose is, the chances are against our 

 ability to make a worthy reply. Man is not 

 only in the world, but of it. He proudly claims 

 to know his own place ; but he is best informed 

 who knows not only where he himself belongs, 

 but where every bird that flies, fish that swims, 

 and creeping creature crawls also belongs. 

 He that knows this sees with a clearer eye, 

 hears with a quicker ear, and walks with a 

 steadier gait ; from his youth, upward and on- 

 ward, to the end. 



Critics ! One of them stands forth for pro- 

 fessional inerrancy and says he has no quarrel 

 with amateurs. As the latter are everywhere a 

 vast concourse to one, what if the army of 

 amateurs proclaim their indifference to this self- 

 conscious professional, who can be tripped on 

 many a page ? The fatal mistake of the pro- 



