THE STUDY OF NATURE. 41 
which they demand, and the species of maternity which 
they solicit. My imperceptible garden of tivelve trees 
and three beds did not fail to remind me of the great 
fertile vineyard where I was born; and I found, too, 
some degree of happiness, by the side of an ardent in- 
tellect, which toiled athirst in the dreary ways and wastes 
of human history, in cherishing for him these living 
waters and the charm of a few flowers.” 
