“ Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee ; and the fowls 
of the air, and they shall tell thee: 
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of 
the sea shall declare unto thee” 
Job xii., 7, 8. 
“ Denn niemals kehrt ’ er heim, er bracht ’ euch etwas, 
War’s eine schone Alpenblume, war’s 
Ein seltner Vogel oder Ammonshorn, 
Wie es der Wandrer findet auf den Bergen .” 
Schiller (Wilhelm Tell). 
“ Engelond is full enow of fruyt and of treen, 
Of wodes and of parkes that joy it is to seen.” 
Old English poem. 
“ A good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and 
depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat 
and barley.” 
Deuteronomy viii., 7, 8. 
“ I cannot start at the presence of a Serpent, Scorpion, 
Lizard or Salamander : at the sight of a Toad or Viper I find 
no desire to take up a stone to destroy them. I feel not in 
myself those common Antipathies that I can discover in others.” 
Sir Thomas Browne (Religio Medici). 
