112 SATURDAY LECTURES. 



joying, ill proportion as he rises, a wider and more com- 

 manding view of things below." 



" This is human happiness I 

 Its secret and its evidence are writ 

 In the broad book of nature. 'Tis to liave 

 Attentive and believing faculties. 

 To go abroad rejoicing in the joy 

 Of beautiful and well-created things ; 

 To love the voice of waters, and the sheen 

 Of silver fountains leaping to the sea; 

 To thrill with the rich melody of birds, 

 Living their life of music ; to be glad 

 In the gay sunshine, reverent in the stonn, 

 To see a Ijeauty in the stirring leaf. 

 And find calm thought beneath the whispering trees ; 

 To see and hear and breathe the evidence 

 Of God's deep wisdom m the natural world ! " 



I hope I have said enough to show that deep insight into 

 Nature's truths is not only of practical value, but that it is 

 in other ways beneficial and elevating. Nor is it satiating ! 

 One never tires of the recurring seasons, and one never tires 

 of any scientific research, for the simple reason that there is 

 never any end, but always something new to learn — some- 

 thing more wonderful to unfold. 



Says Lowell : 



I grieve not that ripe knowledge takes away 



The charm which Nature to my childhood wore. 

 For with the insight Cometh day by day, 



A greater bliss than wonder was before. 

 To win the secret of a weed's plain heart, 



Reveals the clue to spiritual things ; 

 The soul which looks within for truth, may guess 



The presence of some unknown heavenliness ! 



