ALL NATURE. 
W. E. WATT. 
IAS, one of the seven sages 
of Greece, was a noted 
political and legal orator. 
His most famous utterance 
was, " I carry all my 
wealth with me." His store of 
learning and power of speech were 
always at hand, and his life had been 
such that all his in vestments *were in 
the man, rather than in property which 
might or might not afterwards belong 
to the man. 
He who knows nature and has a 
habit of seeing things carries with 
him a fruitful source of happiness. 
It requires technical knowledge to 
use any of the mechanical appliances 
with which civilized life is crowded. It 
requires artistic training to appreciate 
any of the great productions of the 
leaders in the fields of ideal pleasure. 
But there is no preparation demanded 
by nature herself of those who would 
enjoy her feasts. Whosoever will may 
be her guest. 
But because she is so free with the 
race in giving pleasure to all her 
guests, it must not be inferred that 
cultivation and systematic pursuit will 
not be rewarded. All eyes are blind 
until they have been opened, and all 
ears deaf till they have learned desire. 
Just why I am delighted with the 
landscape before me is beyond my 
power to tell, and the reasons for the 
varying feelings that course through 
me are too numerous for recognition. 
But with all these thronging sensations 
and reflections that occupy me, there 
is a multitude of others that escape 
me because I have not had my soul 
opened in their directions. 
Every new item of nature's news 
that breaks upon the consciousness 
increases capacity for pleasure for all 
time. He who meets nature with 
enlightened senses is rewarded every 
day of his life for the pains taken • in 
delightful study by way of preparation. 
A landscape is infinitely enhanced to 
him who has pursued the science of 
color with some diligence. The sounds 
of the forest speak tenderly to all ; but 
he who knows the secrets of melody 
and harmony, and the limits of human 
skill in music, has worlds of delight 
in the forest that others may not enter. 
And so has the swain whose childhood 
was spent among the voices of the 
trees. The sense of smell has a 
thousand raptures for the man whose 
nose has lived up to its possibilities. 
To look upon all nature broadly 
with the familiarity which comes only 
from long acquaintance and scientific 
investigation of her various aspects is 
the highest type of living. While 
this is not possible to all, yet, much of 
it may be experienced by every one 
who has the desire and follows it. The 
leading facts of all the sciences are 
open to all who care to know them. 
The beauties and mysteries of the 
world are constantly inviting us. And 
the rapid developments of knowledge 
in all directions give us all the exciting 
motives one can desire. 
Looking out over the face of the 
world, we note that there are two sorts 
of material to be considered. One is 
alive or was produced by the action of 
life, and the other is material which 
has never known a want. We are 
drawn most to that which has pulsed 
with sap or blood — that which has 
made a struggle of some sort. 
All things that live are made up 
chemically principally of four of the 
elements of the universe which are 
best adapted by their characteristics 
for the purposes of life. Three are 
gases, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen; 
one is a solid, carbon. All these have 
what is technically known as affinities 
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