Nature is a rag-merchant, who works up every shred and ort and end into new creations; like a good chemist, whom I found, the other day, in his laboratory, converting his old shirts into pure white sugar.

The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.

Polarity, or action and reaction, we meet in every part of nature; in darkness and light; in heat and cold; in the ebb and flow of water; in male and female; in the equation of quantity and quality; in the fluids of the animal body; in the systole an

Ennui shortens life, and bereaves the day of its light.

He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments - is the rich and royal man.

And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim.

For a great nature, it is a happiness to escape a religious training; religion of character is so apt to be invaded.