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living beings of our globe. We need to open our 

 eyes and study them in the world about us. We may 

 find them everywhere, — in forest and field, on the 

 mountain and in the sea, in every stream, pond, and 

 lake, in every pool and ditch and bog, and in ever)- 

 glass of water from the spring. Every summer's da)- 

 brings scores of beautiful winged forms, and on ever)' 

 summer's night others not less beautiful flit about our 

 lamps, or look in at our windows, tempting us to 

 study and admire them. And how full of interest is 

 every living creature, whether it is the Deer bounding 

 through the forest or over the plain, the Eagle soaring 

 above our heads until lost amid the clouds, the Butterlly 

 flitting from flower to flower, the Mussel plowing its 

 way into the river's sand, or the little Polyp beneath 

 the ocean wave. They are interesting not merely 

 on account of their varied and beautiful forms and 

 colors, wonderful structure, often marvelous instincts 

 and habits, and great variety of uses, but because they 

 are the works of God, — His thoughts expressed in 

 visible forms. If we study these wonderful objects in 

 the right spirit, we shall learn more of Him who made 

 them, and who careth for them, suffering not even a 

 sparrow to fall without His notice. 



