All the branches of trees at every stage of their height, united to-gether, are equal to the thickness of their trunk.

YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,' said the dewdrop to the lake.

In spring more mortal singers than belongTo any one place cover us with song.Thrush, bluebird, blackbird, sparrow, and robin throng.

Experiment is the sole interpreter of the artifices of Nature.

Of the original phenomena, light is the most enthralling.

The painter strives and competes with nature.