hereafter. I only wish to submit that the hope 

 of attaining such an ideal would equally appear 

 to be one of the favored instruments whereby the 

 glorious design of evolution accomplishes its ob- 

 jects. Hope, like other inspirations, has been 

 evolved and developed in us as an aid to our ad- 

 vancement. 



Die Hoffnung fuchrt ihn in's Leben ein, 



Sie umflattert den froelichen Knaben, 



Den Juengling bezaubert ihr Geisterschein, 



Sie wird mit dem Greis nicht begraben; 



Denn beschliesst er im grabe den miiden Lauf, 



Noch am Grabe pflanzt er die Hoffnung auf. 



Hope enters with him into life 

 And flutters round the joyous child ; 

 Its charm sustains the youth in strife 

 And with old age is reconciled, 

 For loosed in death the weary bond, 

 The grave rears hope of things beyond. 



A change of scene has now come over the gar- 

 den. April has just passed and brought new and 

 enchanting developments in its train. The cro- 

 cuses, hepaticas, and snowdrops have long gone 

 to their rest, and even all the hyacinths and earlier 

 daffodils are over. The beds and foot of the long 

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