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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
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But
suppose
you
go
into
the
quiet
country.
Surely
there
will
be
silence
there.
Try
some
day
and
prove
it
for
yourself,
lie
down
on
the
grass
in
a
sheltered
nook
and
listen
attentively.
If
there
be
ever
so
little
wind
stirring
you
will
hear
it
rustling
gently
through
the
trees;
or
even
if
there
is
not
this,
it
will
be
strange
if
you
do
not
hear
some
wandering
gnat
buzzing,
or
some
busy
bee
humming
as
it
moves
from
flower
to
flower.
Then
a
grasshopper
will
set
up
a
chirp
within
a
few
yards
of
you,
or,
if
all
living
creatures
are
silent,
a
brook
not
far
off
may
be
flowing
along
with
a
rippling
musical
sound.
These
and
a
hundred
other
noises
you
will
hear
in
the
most
quiet
country
spot;
the
lowing
of
the
cattle,
the
song
of
the
birds,
the
squeak
of
the
field-mouse,
the
croak
of
the
frog,
mingling
with
the
sound
of
the
woodman's
axe
in
the
distance,
or
the
dash
of
some
river
torrent.
And
beside
these
quiet
sounds,
there
are
still
other
occasional
voices
of
nature
which
speak
to
us
from
time
to
time.
The
howling
of
the
tempestuous
wind,
the
roar
of
the
sea-waves
in
a
storm,
the
crash
of
thunder,
and
the
mighty
noise
of
the
falling
avalanche;
such
sounds
as
these
tell
us
how
great
and
terrible
nature
can
be.
Now,
has
it
ever
occurred
to
you
to
think
what
sounds
is,
and
how
it
is
that
we
hear
all
these
things?
Strange
as
it
may
seem,
if
there
were
no
creature
that
could
hear
upon
the
earth,
there
would
be
no
such
thing
as
sound,
though
all
these
movements
in
nature
were
going
on
just
as
they
are
now.
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