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shrinkage of the globe, and shining grim and 

 gaunt above the kindly attempt of Nature to 

 cover it with the leaves and flowers of a later 

 world. 



Here, then, is a most interesting antiquity. 

 It is crowded with inscriptions, written all over 

 with the records of past ages. To be able to 

 read them gives an added charm to life, and the 

 time to give to such lessons is so far from lost 

 that it is devoted to an elevated and worthy 

 task. 



