New Walks in Old Ways 



down that open ditch last week after 

 the big rain, whirling and eddying 

 and plunging over and around obstruc- 

 tions, ever seeking lower levels, was the 

 same thing that you go to see in the 

 Yosemite Valley. The falls there are 

 higher; that's all. As for the giant 

 redwood trees, if you will come with 

 me down the roadside here I will show 

 you a luxuriant big bull-thistle two 

 inches thick at its base, and seven feet 

 high, that towers in majesty above the 

 dimunitive weeds growing about its 

 base, just as imperiously as the 

 Sequoia Gigantea lords it over ordinary 

 forest growths. It's all a matter of 

 comparison. 



Instead of wasting time talking about 

 establishing communication with the 

 planet Mars, it would prove much 

 more profitable to try to become really 

 acquainted with our own earthly neigh- 

 bors; not only those of high but of 

 low degree as well, including the so- 

 called "lower" animals and plants. 



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