. The bird. Birds. WILSON, THE ORNITHOLOGIST. 123. In those terrible years when man waojed against man the most destructive war that had ever been known, there lived in Scot- land a man of peace. A poor Paisley weaver,* in his damp dull lodging, he dreamed of nature, of the infinite liberty of the woods, and, above all, of the winged life. A cripple, and condemned to inactivity, his verj^ bondage inspired him with an ecstatic love of light and flight. If he did not take to himself wings, it was because that sviblime gift is, upon earth, only the dream and hope of another world. * Alexander &qu
. The bird. Birds. WILSON, THE ORNITHOLOGIST. 123. In those terrible years when man waojed against man the most destructive war that had ever been known, there lived in Scot- land a man of peace. A poor Paisley weaver,* in his damp dull lodging, he dreamed of nature, of the infinite liberty of the woods, and, above all, of the winged life. A cripple, and condemned to inactivity, his verj^ bondage inspired him with an ecstatic love of light and flight. If he did not take to himself wings, it was because that sviblime gift is, upon earth, only the dream and hope of another world. * Alexander "Wilson, the eminent ornithologist, was born at Paisley in 1766. He was bred a weaver, but emigrating to the United States in 1794, found means to pursue the studies for which he had a natural bias, and in which he earned an enduring reputation. The first volume of his "American Ornithology" was published in 1808. He died of dysentery, in August 1813.— Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874; Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904. London ; New York : T. Nelson
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