HEATH. 



revenge fled from every heart. Then Mercury touched men 

 with the wand given to him by Apollo. He set free their 

 tongue, and taught them to express thoughts by words. He 

 told them that union was strength, and that nothing could be 

 obtained from the earth without mutual aid. Filial piety and 

 the love of country sprung into existence, at his teaching, to 

 unite the human species ; and he made commerce the bond 

 which should bring all the world into harmony. His last 

 thought was the most sublime, for it was sacred to the gods, 

 and showed men how they might approach them in character 

 by the exercise of love and beneficence. 



Decorated with two light wings, and surrounded by ser- 

 pents, the Hazel-wand, given to the god of eloquence by the 

 god of harmony, is yet, under the name of " The Caduceus," 

 the symbol of Peace, Commerce, and Reconciliation. 



HEATH (Erica vulgaris). — Solitude. 



Where can Solitude most surely be found } Where can 

 we betake ourselves so as to be most completely abstracted 

 from surrounding objects .-' Whither can we bend our steps 

 that we may be the least liable to intrusion from our fellow- 

 men .' The answer which may first spring up in the mind 

 will be, perhaps, — In the wilds of nature, on the vast surface 

 of moorland, covered with heather, where not a tree or shrub 

 larger than gorse or furze intercepts the boundless view. 

 Thither, indeed, he who has toiled among and for his kind, 

 and in return has received injury and wrong, may fly to 



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