A NIGHT ALONE ON CHOCORUA. 
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hides from us the stars, and those still depths 
as yet without stars. It narrows our limit of 
vision, and at the same time hurries us and 
worries us with our own tasks which we will not 
take cheerfully, and the tasks of others which 
are done so ill. Night tells not only of repose 
on earth, but of life in that far heaven where 
every star is a thing of motion and a creation 
full of mystery. Men who live only in great 
cities may be pitied for being atheists, for they 
see little beyond the impurity of man; but it 
seems incredible that a being with thoughts 
above appetite, and imagination above lust, 
should live through a night in the wilderness, 
with the stars to tell him of space, the dark 
depths of the sky to tell him of infinity, and his 
own mind to tell him of individuality, and yet 
doubt that some Being more powerful and less 
fickle than himself is in this universe. The 
bird-music coming before the night is ended 
combines the purest and most joyous element of 
the day with the deep meaning of the night. 
The birds bear witness to the al Tity of life to 
love its surroundings and to be happy. TJe* 
night bears witness to the eternity of life and to 
the harmony of its laws. 
