OBSERVATION 



quiet pool, to detect the half-hidden leaf of rarity, and 

 note the warning calls of teeming life around, that 

 our quickened powers open the gates of enchanted 

 worlds, and as they stand ajar we catch a glimpse of 

 vistas that have no end : it is only then that our eyes 

 begin to see. 



For then we realise that the world is a vastly NATURE A 



STOREHOUSE OF 



richer storehouse than we ever dreamed or imagined, INFINITE COMPLEXITY 



that every tiny crevice is filled, not with rubbish, but 



with the finest wrought work, that the mystery and 



complexity of matter is infinite. Our newly-opened 



eyes reveal to us that on every hand there is limitless 



variety, the closer we look the more vast the number 



of differences. No longer is the dog rose a simple 



dog rose, nor the bramble only a bramble, they are 



individuals belonging to great races, families and 



types ; we learn their faces, and where once all 



seemed alike, now no two are seen to exactly resemble 



each other. 



Hidden below the surface are Nature's moulds, 

 which know no settled pattern ; casting with her rest- 

 less atoms, she builds for ever anew her structure of 

 beauty, progressing to an unthinkable end. 



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