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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
152
But
what
fairies
are
they
which
have
been
at
work
here?
First,
the
busy
little
fairy
Life
in
the
active
protoplasm;
and
secondly,
the
sun-waves.
We
have
seen
that
it
was
by
the
help
of
the
sunbeams
that
the
green
granules
were
made,
and
the
water,
carbonic
acid,
and
nitrogen
worked
up
into
the
living
plant.
And
in
doing
this
work
the
sun-waves
were
caught
and
their
strength
used
up,
so
that
they
could
no
longer
quiver
back
into
space.
But
are
they
gone
for
ever?
So
long
as
the
leaves
or
the
stem
or
the
root
of
the
plant
remain
they
are
gone,
but
when
those
are
destroyed
we
can
get
them
back
again.
Take
a
handful
of
dry
withered
plants
and
light
them
with
a
match,
then
as
the
leaves
burn
and
are
turned
back
again
to
carbonic
acid,
nitrogen,
and
water,
our
sunbeams
come
back
again
in
the
flame
and
heat.
And
the
life
of
the
plant?
What
is
it,
and
why
is
this
protoplasm
always
active
and
busy?
I
cannot
tell
you.
Study
as
we
may,
the
life
of
the
tiny
plant
is
as
much
a
mystery
as
your
life
and
mine.
It
came,
like
all
things,
from
the
bosom
of
the
Great
Father,
but
we
cannot
tell
how
it
came
nor
what
it
is.
We
can
see
the
active
grains
moving
under
the
microscope,
but
we
cannot
see
the
power
that
moves
them.
We
only
know
it
is
a
power
given
to
the
plant,
as
to
you
and
to
me,
to
enable
it
to
live
its
life,
and
to
do
its
useful
work
in
the
world.
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