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... guide us in most of our actions , and to think of things as we see them , that we often forget how very much we owe to sound . And yet Nature speaks to us so much by her gentle , her touching , or her awful sounds , that the life of a ...
... guide us in most of our actions , and to think of things as we see them , that we often forget how very much we owe to sound . And yet Nature speaks to us so much by her gentle , her touching , or her awful sounds , that the life of a ...
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... , we shall , I think , marvel at the wonderful law of nature which guides her in her unconscious mission of love among the flowers which grow around it . LECTURE X. BEES AND FLOWERS . Isaim o T WHATEVER P 2 BEES IN THE HIVE . 211.
... , we shall , I think , marvel at the wonderful law of nature which guides her in her unconscious mission of love among the flowers which grow around it . LECTURE X. BEES AND FLOWERS . Isaim o T WHATEVER P 2 BEES IN THE HIVE . 211.
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... guide . You will be surprised if you once begin to count them up , how many white and dull or dark- looking flowers are sweet - scented , while gaudy flowers , such as the tulip , foxglove and hollyhock , have little or no scent . And ...
... guide . You will be surprised if you once begin to count them up , how many white and dull or dark- looking flowers are sweet - scented , while gaudy flowers , such as the tulip , foxglove and hollyhock , have little or no scent . And ...
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... guides them , helping and improving each other . Think for a moment how it would be , if a plant used up all its sap for its own life , and did not give up any to make the drop of honey in its flower . The bees would soon find out that ...
... guides them , helping and improving each other . Think for a moment how it would be , if a plant used up all its sap for its own life , and did not give up any to make the drop of honey in its flower . The bees would soon find out that ...
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... guides them is the same which bids you and me be kind and good to all those around us , if we would lead useful and happy lives . And when we see that the Great Power which rules over our universe makes each work for the good of all ...
... guides them is the same which bids you and me be kind and good to all those around us , if we would lead useful and happy lives . And when we see that the Great Power which rules over our universe makes each work for the good of all ...
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Page 152 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 192 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
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