Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He would want to know all about it. Ropes could not hold him, such a determined geologist as he is! He would start, he would, in spite of everything and everybody, and he would take me with him, and we should never get back. No, never! never!" My over-excitement was beyond all description.

With time and thought, one can do a good job.

The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.

Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.

I say, you do have a heart!" "Sometimes," he replied, "when I have the time.

Anything you can imagine you can make real.