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brightness, which were entirely absent from 

 that method of study. 



To complete the analogy, I may point out 

 that both methods of study will, no doubt, 

 under God's providence, ultimately lead to a 

 knowledge of the truth, just as both paths in 

 the Ochils led to the light and air of the 

 mountain-side ; but the routes differ in many 

 respects. Nature study, enlightened by the 

 divine revelation, differs as greatly from 

 Nature study, enlightened only by the rays of 

 Science, as the path amidst trees, flowers, and 

 brightness differed from that amidst rock, 

 stones, and gloom. And the lower way will 

 only attain the truth by turning upwards to 

 join the higher way. 



I trust that no one will be so unjust as to 

 twist my words into a minimizing of the 

 results of scientific investigation, or a denial 

 of the right of men to study the mysteries of 

 the material creation. I have been a humble 

 student of Science and observer of Nature for 

 over thirty years. I should be sorry to think, 

 and certainly do not think, that the time I 

 have devoted to these pursuits has been 

 wasted. Nature study . has been to me a 



