 It suggests, besides, that the universe is not rough -hewn, but perfect in its details. Nature will bear the closest inspection ; she invites us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf and take an insect view of its plain. She has no interstices ;...  MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES - Page 116by MARY C. DICKERSON, B.S. - 1901Full view - About this book
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