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The Fairy-Land of Science
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Arabella B. Buckley
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Now,
exactly
all
this
which
is
true
of
the
fairies
of
our
childhood
is
true
too
of
the
fairies
of
science.
There
are
forces
around
us,
and
among
us,
which
I
shall
ask
you
to
allow
me
to
call
fairies,
and
these
are
ten
thousand
times
more
wonderful,
more
magical,
and
more
beautiful
in
their
work,
than
those
of
the
old
fairy
tales.
They,
too,
are
invisible,
and
many
people
live
and
die
without
ever
seeing
them
or
caring
to
see
them.
These
people
go
about
with
their
eyes
shut,
either
because
they
will
not
open
them,
or
because
no
one
has
taught
them
how
to
see.
They
fret
and
worry
over
their
own
little
work
and
their
own
petty
troubles,
and
do
not
know
how
to
rest
and
refresh
themselves,
by
letting
the
fairies
open
their
eyes
and
show
them
the
calm
sweet
picture
of
nature.
They
are
like
Peter
Bell
of
whom
Wordsworth
wrote:-
"A
primrose
by
a
river's
brim
A
yellow
primrose
was
to
him,
And
it
was
nothing
more."
But
we
will
not
be
like
these,
we
will
open
our
eyes
and
ask,
"What
are
these
forces
or
fairies,
and
how
can
we
see
them?"
Just
go
out
into
the
country,
and
sit
down
quietly
and
watch
nature
at
work.
Listen
to
the
wind
as
it
blows,
look
at
the
clouds
rolling
overhead,
and
waves
rippling
on
the
pond
at
your
feet.
Hearken
to
the
brook
as
it
flows
by,
watch
the
flower-buds
opening
one
by
one,
and
then
ask
yourself,
"How
all
this
is
done?"
Go
out
in
the
evening
and
see
the
dew
gather
drop
by
drop
upon
the
grass,
or
trace
the
delicate
hoar-frost
crystals
which
bespangle
every
blade
on
a
winter's
morning.
Look
at
the
vivid
flashes
of
lightening
in
a
storm,
and
listen
to
the
pealing
thunder:
and
then
tell
me,
by
what
machinery
is
all
this
wonderful
work
done?
Man
does
none
of
it,
neither
could
he
stop
it
if
he
were
to
try;
for
it
is
all
the
work
of
those
invisible
forces
or
fairies
whose
acquaintance
I
wish
you
to
make.
Day
and
night,
summer
and
winter,
storm
or
calm,
these
fairies
are
at
work,
and
we
may
hear
them
and
know
them,
and
make
friends
of
them
if
we
will.
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