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walks forward on the eternal facts of Nature; which are the acted

will of God。  A giantess she is; young indeed; but humble as yet:

cautious and modest beyond her years。  She is accused of trying to

scale Olympus; by some who fancy that they have already scaled it

themselves; and will; of course; brook no rival in their fancied

monopoly of wisdom。



The accusation; I believe; is unjust。  And yet science may scale

Olympus after all。  Without intending it; almost without knowing it;

she may find herself hereafter upon a summit of which she never

dreamed; surveying the universe of God in the light of Him who made

it and her; and remakes them both for ever and ever。  On that summit

she may stand hereafter; if only she goes on; as she goes now; in

humility and in patience; doing the duty which lies nearest her;

lured along the upward road; not by ambition; vanity; or greed; but

by reverent curiosity for every new pebble; and flower; and child;

and savage; around her feet。







Footnotes:



{1}  Mr。 H。 Reeve's translation of De Tocqueville's 〃France before

the Revolution of 1789。〃  p。 280。









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