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flowers and the shade trees along the streets. Outdoor study 

 has been sacrificed for laboratory work. We try to make 

 microscope scientists instead of naturalists in our higher 

 schools. Now, I believe that it would be better for the aver- 

 age person to be something of a naturalist than a laboratory 



Fig. io. Catbird and Nest. 



scientist, for the former has a happy, sympathetic interest in 

 outdoor life and things, while the other has only the narrower 

 indoor view. I do not by any means wish to belittle the 

 importance of the great amount of scientific work done in 

 the laboratories by competent investigators. But what I 

 have said applies to the average person's scientific require- 

 ments for the ordinary purposes of everyday life. 



