You and I; . ything? He who seeks to turn everythingtoward himself is out of harmony with either the mineral, thevegetable or the animal kingdom and belongs nowhere. Hewho receives all and gives nothing is creations blot, cre-ations blank. Even the germs of a brotherhood as com-prehensive as the race may be discerned. The nobler typesof life which surround us should make us ashamed, also, of acareless and thoughtless life. Even the midget has its pur-pose. The bee will not go to London or Rome. Firstlessons in natural philosophy have a good philosophy of lifein them. And when we look at the gr
You and I; . ything? He who seeks to turn everythingtoward himself is out of harmony with either the mineral, thevegetable or the animal kingdom and belongs nowhere. Hewho receives all and gives nothing is creations blot, cre-ations blank. Even the germs of a brotherhood as com-prehensive as the race may be discerned. The nobler typesof life which surround us should make us ashamed, also, of acareless and thoughtless life. Even the midget has its pur-pose. The bee will not go to London or Rome. Firstlessons in natural philosophy have a good philosophy of lifein them. And when we look at the grandeur and sweep ofnature, how can one be content to live a life of frippery andfolly! Amid such stupendous marvels, a greater, because THE INFLUENCES OF NATURE. 175 more unaccountable marvel is the human butterfly. Wemust be sobered by witnessing the onward sweep of the thingswhich surround us. Men furnish the only loafers in the uni-verse. How deep the purpose of a good life which may belearned from In these calm shades Thy milder majesty,And to the beautiful order of Thy worksConform the order of our lives. Bryant. 176 YOU AND I. We may even go beyond the individual life and find tracesof these powerful moral influences in the popular character-istics of nations and in societys most permanent any one can have missed the frequent assertions withregard to the mountains and the sea in their influence onliberty. If ye crags and peaks was uttered by a myth, itwas a Swiss myth and means freedom. The whole world,taken together, has furnished a grand theatre for a great is meant to be the nurse of great men. Upon asingle condition this effect is really produced. The moralteachings of nature cannot sustain us against corruption fromwithin, but they can go with us (the inner man being steadiedby the one correct standard) with most helpful force in allmoral development. When we have found God, throughnature, we receive the proper correctives and
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