72 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
draw into communion with Nature all we can, to show to. 
others the wonders of seashore, of stream, and mountain, 
and plain. Ours is to call others, as did the poet-naturalist 
of Galilee, to ‘‘consider the lillies how they grow.’’ 
Modern science has a twofold work to perform. On 
one side it will increase wealth, make production so in- 
finitely great that there will be ample for all men. It 
will be the means of enabling all to have sufficient wealth, 
and to drive from our world the haunting fear of poverty. 
It is a glorious prospect on the material side of scientific 
work, and on the other side the Naturalist will keep alive 
the spirit of wonder, of love, of beauty, of sympathy, of 
discipline—in fact, will be the poet and the preacher of 
the world of science. But where, says someone, can the 
Naturalist find comfort for aching hearts for those whom 
this cataclysm has robbed of those who are dear to them? 
And the poet answers: 
If thou art worn and hard beset 
With sorrows that thou would’st forget, 
Tf thou wilt learn a lesson that will keep 
Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, 
Go to the hills and woods, no tears 
Dim the sweet look which Nature wears. 
NOTE. 
Annual Report of Council and minutes of several 
meetings held over to next issue.—Eb. 
