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books. But you can get more benefit and satisfaction 

 from individual observation. How it fills one with joy 

 and pleasure when he has found or seen something 

 new. 



I have read a great many books, but I like personal 

 observation far better. When a person meditates upon 

 the wonders around him, it has a great tendency to 

 turn his mind unto the Author of all he enjoys, which 

 should be the case, and doubtless was intended to be so. 

 On the other hand, some people are so exercised about 

 things of this kind that they grow wild. In one case, 

 a man whom I knew became an infidel. 



Nature was wonderful in the beginning, and will 

 remain so until the end of time. The great ocean and 

 all that is contained under its waves, the sky above 

 with all its stars, planets and comets are wonderful. 

 The earth with all its hidden treasures affords a wide 

 expanse for our study. How wonderful are the many 

 minerals and metals which we find — gold, silver, copper, 

 iron, lead, and a great many other substances, all of 

 which are useful. 



A place for everything and everything in its place is 

 the motto by which the rules of nature are governed. 

 Birds belonging to the tropics are not found out of 

 the place assigned to them, neither is anything else 

 found out of its place. Ir we would govern ourselves 

 in this way it would be well. 



Although there are such great numbers of birds, in- 

 sects, plants and minerals there are no two alike. 

 There is much more that could be said upon this in- 

 teresting subject, but enough has been said to illustrate 

 the pleasure there is to be obtained by a communion 

 with all natural objects, so I conclude. 



