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fact that Nature abounds in things so beautiful, so 

 fair, and so enchantingly attractive, tends to make 

 that struggle easier, and cheers us in our pilgrimage 

 whether we admit or do not admit that God is the 

 Author of Nature. 



The sweet influences of the presence of butterflies, 

 of flowers, of gorgeous colours, of the song of birds, 

 and of delicate perfumes, are luxuries and blessings 

 without which our lives would be sombre indeed. 



