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indifference; eager curiosity and enquiry are chilled by the 
present seini-barharous systems of “ educationtrue, natural 
devotion choked and often uprooted by bigotry and fanaticism; 
and that glorious work of Ai.mighty God —reasonable and 
gifted Man, reduced to a mere mechanical automaton, pro¬ 
gressing along life's ever-changeful, and, so often, beautiful 
path, without turning an eye to the right or left in observance 
of the wondrous works so lavishly spread around, and only 
intent on sweeping on, and accumulating a heap of rich dust, 
which may in a moment be scattered to the winds, and 
which he must at last leave behind. Fortunately for the 
rising generation the study of Natural History is be¬ 
come “ fashionable,” and heartily do I pray that to he 
natural in heart, mind, and feeling may become “ fashion¬ 
able” too. 
But to return.-1 would counsel every one, but especially 
the young, and of my own sex, never to suffer that poetry 
of childhood to be effaced from their hearts;—never to fancy 
with ridiculous pride, “ Oh ! I am gi'owing up now; I shall 
soon be a woman, and it is childish to gather daisies, and to 
run about the fields; I rDUSt walk straight along the turnpike 
road, look right before me, and be lady-like !” Perhaps few 
say this; but rrrarry, many a yoirng heart thinks it, and is 
taught to think it by teachers more ignorarrt than their victim 
pupils. Oh ! for an educational revolutiorr, or reform at least! 
which, however, could not well make my country rambles 
more erratic than they are, though it might give me the 
