ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF GOD 



universe, but the rules of the game are pre- 

 cisely the same as those in 'Hunt the Lady's 

 Slipper,' which you must play if you would 

 find the one woman in a million I won't 

 say which million with whom you would 

 be happy." 



Thus with teasing nonchalance nature 

 bubbles over in thousands and thousands of 

 springs, but will never play the role of pa- 

 ternalism to rob mankind of his initiative 

 and the joy of adventure. Another trick 

 of her coquettish habit of keeping man 

 guessing is to put a fresh-water spring in 

 the midst of a body of salt water, so that it 

 is available only at low tide. Still more 

 Shavian whimsies are a hot-water spring 

 bubbling up out of cold water, as it is found 

 in Saint Michael in the Azores and the 

 Cascades of Hieropolis, falls which were 

 turned to stone by their own deposits slowly 

 made through the ages. 



Apparently nature enjoys playing not 

 only with the position and composition of 

 her spring waters, but with the size and 

 fashion of the cups, now Lilliputian, now 



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