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... LECTURE VII . THE LIFE OF A PRIMROSE PAGE 150 LECTURE VIII . THE HISTORY OF A PIECE OF COAL .. 171 LECTURE IX . BEES IN THE HIVE .. 193 BEES AND FLOWERS LECTURE X. 212 THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE . LECTURE I. HOW viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... LECTURE VII . THE LIFE OF A PRIMROSE PAGE 150 LECTURE VIII . THE HISTORY OF A PIECE OF COAL .. 171 LECTURE IX . BEES IN THE HIVE .. 193 BEES AND FLOWERS LECTURE X. 212 THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE . LECTURE I. HOW viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... coals black , waiting to be lighted . You strike a match , and soon there is a blazing fire . Where does the heat come from ? Why do the coals burn and give out a glowing light ? Have you not read of gnomes buried down deep in the earth ...
... coals black , waiting to be lighted . You strike a match , and soon there is a blazing fire . Where does the heat come from ? Why do the coals burn and give out a glowing light ? Have you not read of gnomes buried down deep in the earth ...
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... coal fire could not exist if the plants of long ago had not used the sunbeams to make their leaves , holding them ready to give up their warmth again whenever those crushed leaves are consumed . Now , do you believe in , and care for ...
... coal fire could not exist if the plants of long ago had not used the sunbeams to make their leaves , holding them ready to give up their warmth again whenever those crushed leaves are consumed . Now , do you believe in , and care for ...
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... coal is made of plants , and that the heat they give out is the heat these plants once took in . Think how much work is done by burning coals . Not only are our houses warmed by coal fires and lighted by coal gas , but our steam ...
... coal is made of plants , and that the heat they give out is the heat these plants once took in . Think how much work is done by burning coals . Not only are our houses warmed by coal fires and lighted by coal gas , but our steam ...
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... coal and coke fires ; and our steamboats travel all over the world by means of the same power . In the same way the oil of our lamps comes either from olives , which grow on trees ; or from coal and the remains of plants and animals in ...
... coal and coke fires ; and our steamboats travel all over the world by means of the same power . In the same way the oil of our lamps comes either from olives , which grow on trees ; or from coal and the remains of plants and animals in ...
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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...
Page 5 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
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