" If it were required to know the position of the fruit-dots or the 

 character of the indusium nothing could be easier than to ascertain 

 it : but if it is required that you be affected by ferns, that they 

 amount to anything, signify anything to you, that they be another 

 sacred scripture and revelation to you, helping to redeem your life, 

 this end is not so easly accomplished. " THOREAU. 



