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flowers, our gardens and our crops would come to an 
end. 
Every year man is learning more about Nature, with 
every generation he has more power over his surround¬ 
ings, dares tamper further with the elements, with the 
living secrets of Nature, than did his fathers, but he 
must be careful! In his heart man feels that he can 
conquer Nature, he can train her hosts, her battalions of 
living things to be his willing slaves—but not yet! The 
time is not yet come; man and boy and girl—all of us— 
must first watch and study and know and respect the 
armies of Nature; then she will give them to us for our 
use! 
