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inUS stroluiS. Natural Order: Conifcrx — Pine Family. 



NTERING so largely into all of our building enterprises, as 



■ . well as into cheap household furniture, the wood of this 



:e is easily recognized, especially from its softness and 



lightness. The trunk, which is usually very straight, often 



^-:S attains the height of two hundred feet, while about half the 



distance from the ground the branches stretch themselves like 



S^ great self-sustaining arms, rendering the Pine one of the most noble 



'"^ trees of the forest. The needle-like foliage is clustered in small masses 



on the tips of the twigs. The tree is supposed to have received its 



name from its leaves, for the Saxon name finntrco signifies pin-tree, 



as does also the Danish fyn-boom, and the Welsh fin-bren. 



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jlVINE philosophy! bv whose pure light 

 We first distinguish, then pursue the right, 

 Thy power the breast from every error frees, 

 And weeds out all its vices by degrees. 



—Gifford. 



■|'t7'H.\T does philosophy impart to man She but extends the scope of wild amaze 



'* But undiscovered wonders? Let her soar And admiration. All her lessons end 



Even to her proudest heights, to where she caught In wider views of God's unfathomed depths. 

 The soul of Newton and of Socrates, 



Blest are those 

 Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled. 

 That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger, 

 To sound what stop she please. — shnJiesfeare. 



-Henry Kirk WhiU. 



AND when I stretched beneath the pines, 

 ■^ Where the evening star so holy shines, 

 I laugh at the lore and the pride of man. 



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At the sophist schools, and the learned clan : 

 For what are they all in their high conceit, 

 When man in the bush with God may meet.' 

 — Emerson. 



PHILOSOPHY and Reason! Oh! how vain 



* Their lessons to the feelings! They but teach 



To hide them deeper, and to show a calm, 



Unrufiled surface to the idle gaze. —Elizabeth Bogart. 



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