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TilE SEASON or YOL"TIf. 11
out IOllg and p:lticnt study, a child gains
without Grnmmar or Diction3.r~v, anJ with
R;arcely a single painful exertion.
Deem not Ruch thought" as these to be trivial
nnd unimporL'mt. You will not judge so. uc
3.SSurcd, if JOu ever live to br~OIlH1 pl.\fl~nt8
your!'clvc:", aml arc permitted to enjoy the exqnl~itc
plcusure of marking how a little SOil or
daughter look~ l1p aud tries to rend your heart
in your f:H:e. or of notidng the ill,::,;t {:nort~
which a sweet chilrl make,., to go alone, or of
hearing the busy prattler utter words till they
Lccome ensy, anrl join s'yllablc~ until they become
intclligibk.
nut T have high(,T rca.~Olll:i than all these,
for thus pausing at the threshohl of Luman
i"Xi:4l'uce, and fixing your attention on tho
filuro mnn in his carlic~t days. :Much may
1e learned of the £1.thomJcsspurpm-c."of the
Jlivinc mind, and the unravelled nl.".steric:1 of
ProYiucncc. ill slIch a sight n.~tltis. Thnt child
jUHl bcginnillg to fix it... gaze upon it~ father.s
ftOature!', to make trial of the strcnhrth of it;..
own limb8, ann to lisp the nallie of mother,
ma.y lw.,.e R. d{'.';tiny more gluriou;=;than yonder