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science as well as revelation, would assure us of 
the possibility of life in a higher state of being ! ” 
“ It may, some time/’ she replied ; “ I do believe 
that there is one infinitely wise mind, and that 
science is Its latest prophet, and that we should 
listen reverently to her voice, though so young, it 
can only lisp the beginning of a wondrous mes- 
sage/’ At length I said: 
“ I am in sympathy at last, with your long rows 
of glass jars, confirmation of what hopes, dear 
to all human hearts, may not be corked in with 
some repulsive-looking reptile, or batrachian ! ” 
“ It seems to me,” she replied, “ that the eyes 
of those who spend their lives hunting for truth 
among Greek roots in the subterraneous darkness 
in which they grow, are dazzled by the radiance 
of Nature so that they cannot see that in her 
hand, too, is found that for which they seek. 
Science must have workers, and to secure them, 
% common schools and colleges must have natural 
history collections and other facilities for awaken- 
ing in the minds of the young a love of personal, 
patient observation of nature in all her features.” 
While the meagre advantages in this respect 
offered by the schools of her girlhood, and the 
fact that the energy of so much of her life had 
been distributed in such a diversity of ways, were 
matters of much regret, she still determined to do 
her share toward awakening this passion by 
