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.     ilization of the world and the improvement of mankind?  
      It points out the errors of the past and discloses the dim  
l   prophecies of the future. It rids us of the narrow self .    
Q     and broadens our conception of the life that we are now  
l     v to begin. It teachesus the charm of music, the awe of "  
 `     the surging ocean, the majesty of the towering moun-  
i E   tain, the sublimity of the starry heavens, and the  
T     _ solemnity of the tomb. With it there is twilight in the  
N ; A   world, without it there is night.  
i     » Education is a gem not worn by the ignorant and a  
,    T treasure to which they have no key. Its diadem is large  
T   enough for all our jewels, among which the learned will  
T     ' shine the brightest.  
`     He whose mind is steeped with valuable lore will {ind  
{   lessons of profit and beauty painted by the gratuitous  
Q li hand of Nature.  
.     Go to the mountains and there you will find that  
T ;   nature has molded her choicest gems and left them un-  
    veiled for man’s enjoyment. lt. is their rugged crests  
ig   that show forth the temper of the day. They smile in  
*     sunshine and frown in storm, and in great creases of  
    their rugged faces lie the deep shadows of the nigh-t  
    while yet the noon-day sun is high. There is nothing  
. il   else in nature which inspires one to purer thoughts or so  
  truly marks the insignificance of man, and the omnipo-  
tence of God as do the mountains.  
,j The pen of the poet, the chisel of the artist, and the lil
T { brush of the painter, may surround the rich with all the  
, 5 magnificent grandeur of man’s handiwork, but great as  
Z   these are, they are lost in the night of oblivion when com-  
1   parerl with that gwgeciis canvas of nature which hangs YQ
  unveiled, noi. within walls nor tinted with gold, but sus-  
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