Inaugural Address by the President. 2i 



seem to show that the ants are really kept by the acacia as a 

 standing army, to protect its leaves from the attacks of 

 herbiverous mammals and insects. 



. . . hark ! how blythe the throstle sings ! 



He, too, is no mean preacher : 

 Come forth into the light of things ; 



Let Nature be your teacher. 



She has a world of ready wealth, 



Our minds and hearts to bless — 

 Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health. 



Truth breathed by cheerfulness. 



One impulse from a vernal wood 



May teach you more of man, 

 Of moral evil and of good. 



Than all the sages can. 



Sweet is the lore which Nature brings j 



Our meddling intellect 

 Misshapes the beauteous forms of things j — 



We murder to dissect. 



Enough of Science and of Art ; 



Close up those barren leaves ; 

 Come forth, and bring with you a heart, 



That watches and receives. — Wordsworth, 1798. 



