Excerpt from Trees, Plants, and Flowers: Where and How They Grow; A Familiar History of the Vegetable Kingdom
There are few recreative pleasures to which the minds of children can be turned with more real advantage, than to the close observance of the beauties of the creation. We are everywhere surrounded by objects of deep interest, which attract but little attention because their appearance is so familiar. But it certainly is an evidence that we do not sufficiently appreciate the blessings which our Heavenly Father has conferred upon us, when we look with indifference upon the beautiful adornments of that world which his own hand hath created, and whose every charm he hath so evidently designed for our enjoyment.
How elevating are the thoughts which are begotten by the contemplation of these objects!
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