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THE BEAUTIFUL LADDER. 
object there will be found on careful examina¬ 
tion a foretaste and glimpse of the brighter 
home above. 
“To be successful in our investigation, we 
must go to it with acutely quickened senses and 
a perseverance that will overcome all difficulties. 
These will bring many of the hidden secrets 
and beauties to light. But we must not stop 
with such revelations as the unaided senses can 
give us, though these will be rich enough to 
repay all the diligence and care of the search¬ 
ing. One of the brightest achievements of 
Science is her invention of instruments, by 
means of which we can penetrate deeply into 
the secrets of Nature, and reach such remote 
distances as not only to astonish us at what is 
revealed, but to cause us to stand in awe before 
the instrumentality which has brought the won¬ 
der under our inspection. 
“ As we go to disenchant scenes of youthful 
horror, and turn them into God’s treasure- 
houses of wisdom and beauty, we must take 
our microscope with us. With the aid of this 
wonderful glass, where the unaided vision be¬ 
holds only loathsomeness and deformity, mar¬ 
vellous transformations will take place, and the 
