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THE FAIRY-LAND OF SCIENCE. 
well as in the infinitely great things of the universe. 
We cannot become familiar with the facts of gravi- 
tation, cohesion, or -crystallization, without realizing 
that the laws of nature are fixed, orderly, and con- 
stant, and will repay us with failure or success ac- 
cording as we act ignorantly or wisely ; and thus we 
shall begin to be afraid of leading careless, useless, and 
idle lives. We cannot watch the working of the fairy 
" life " in the primrose or the bee, without learning 
that living beings as well as inanimate things are 
governed by these same laws of nature; nor can we 
contemplate the mutual adaptation of bees and flow- 
ers without acknowledging that it teaches the truth 
that those succeed best in life who, whether conscious- 
ly or unconsciously, do their best for others. 
And so our wanderings in the Fairy-land of Sci- 
ence will not be wasted, for we shall learn how to 
guide our own lives, while we cannot fail to see that 
the forces of nature, whether they are apparently me- 
chanical, as in gravitation or heat ; or intelligent, as 
in living beings, are one and all the voice of the Great 
Creator, and speak to us of His Nature and His Will. 
