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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
210
Neither
is
it
pleasure
alone
which
we
gain
by
a
study
of
nature.
We
cannot
examine
even
a
tiny
sunbeam,
and
picture
the
minute
waves
of
which
it
is
composed,
travelling
incessantly
from
the
sun,
without
being
filled
with
wonder
and
awe
at
the
marvellous
activity
and
power
displayed
in
the
infinitely
small
as
well
as
in
the
infinitely
great
things
of
the
universe.
We
cannot
become
familiar
with
the
facts
of
gravitation,
cohesion,
or
crystallization,
without
realizing
that
the
laws
of
nature
are
fixed,
orderly,
and
constant,
and
will
repay
us
with
failure
or
success
according
as
we
act
ignorantly
or
wisely;
and
thus
we
shall
begin
to
be
afraid
of
leading
careless,
useless,
and
idle
lives.
We
cannot
watch
the
working
of
the
fairy
"life"
in
the
primrose
or
the
bee,
without
learning
that
living
beings
as
well
as
inanimate
things
are
governed
by
these
same
laws
of
nature;
nor
can
we
contemplate
the
mutual
adaptation
of
bees
and
flowers
without
acknowledging
that
it
teaches
the
truth
that
those
succeed
best
in
life
who,
whether
consciously
or
unconsciously,
do
their
best
for
others.
And
so
our
wanderings
in
the
Fairy-land
of
Science
will
not
be
wasted,
for
we
shall
learn
how
to
guide
our
own
lives,
while
we
cannot
fail
to
see
that
the
forces
of
nature,
whether
they
are
apparently
mechanical,
as
in
gravitation
or
heat;
or
intelligent,
as
in
living
beings,
are
one
and
all
the
voice
of
the
Great
Creator,
and
speak
to
us
of
His
Nature
and
His
Will.
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