LE LONG DU SENTIER 



No highway, may it please you ; naught 

 but an ill-blazed trail, devious and un- 

 certain. Leading whither ? Verily I 

 know not. Even if you have patience to 

 follow, the chances are that it will carry 

 us to different destinations. 



Those who deny to an old book its 

 ancient place of authority, allow that it 

 contains many shrewd and useful hints 

 for the guidance of mankind, among 

 them, the first command laid by the 

 Creator upon things created, and upon 

 man. ' ' Be fruitful and multiply. " " Be 

 fruitful and multiply, and replenish the 

 earth, and subdue it." There are who 

 qualify the injunction in theory and in 

 practice : the French-born citizen of the 



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