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glaucus-or the wonders of the shore(鯉斥互帽)-及32何蛍

酔楯荷恬: 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈 梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何! 泌惚云慕短嗤堋響頼���誅卒亮茂�俊彭堋響��辛聞喘貧圭 "辺茄欺厘議箝誓匂" 孔嬬 才 "紗秘慕禰" 孔嬬��



tempted many a man to suspect her of irony�察�even of                   deceit and hatred of 

the   human   race�察  �the   silent   smile   which   Solomon        felt�察  �and   answered   in 

;Ecclesiastes�察─  �which   Goethe   felt�察  �and   did        not   answer   in   his   ;Faust�察─�

which Pascal felt�察�and tried to answer               in his ;Thoughts�察─�and fled from 

into    self´torture     and     superstition�察     �terrified    beyond      his   powers     of 

endurance�察�as he found           out the true meaning of St。 John's vision�察�and felt 

himself   really     standing   on   that   fragile   and   slippery  ;sea   of   glass�察─  �and 



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close     beneath him the bottomless abyss of doubt�察�and the nether fires of 

moral retribution。        He fled from Nature's silent smile�察�as that              poor old 

King Edward ��mis´called the Confessor�� fled from her hymns                        of praise�察�

in    the   old    legend     of   Havering´atte´bower�察        �when     he   cursed      the 

nightingales   because   their   songs   confused   him  in   his   prayers�此        �but   the 

wise man need copy neither�察�and fear neither the silence                  nor the laughter 

of the mighty mother Earth�察�if he will be but               wise�察�and hear her tell him�察�

alike   in   both   ´   ;Why   call   me   mother�拭      �Why   ask   me   for   knowledge 

which I   cannot   teach�察�peace   which   I   cannot        give   or take   away�拭     �I   am 

only     your   foster´mother      and   your    nurse   ´   and    I  have   not   been    an 

unkindly  one。       But   you   are   God's   children�察   �and   not   mine。    Ask   Him。 

I can amuse you with my songs�察�but they                 are but a nurse's lullaby to the 

weary flesh。       I can awe you with         my silence�察�but my silence is only my 

just   humility�察  �and   your   gain。     How   dare   I   pretend   to   tell   you   secrets 

which He who made me knows                 alone�拭    �I am but inanimate matter�察�why 

ask of me things which           belong to living spirit�拭      �In God I live and move�察�

and have my         being�察�I know not how�察�any more than you know。                      Who 

will tell you      what life is�察�save He who is the Lord of life�拭               �And if He 

will not     tell you�察�be sure it is because you need not to know。                 At least�察�

why   seek   God   in   nature�察  �the   living   among   the   dead�拭     �He   is   not   here�此�

He is risen。; 

     He is not here�此      �He is risen。      Good reader�察�you will probably agree 

that to know that saying�察�is to know the key´note of the world to                     come。 

Believe me�察�to know it�察�and all it means�察�is to know the                   keynote of this 

world also�察�from the fall of dynasties and the fate               of nations�察�to the sea´ 

weed which rots upon the beach。 

     It   may   seem   startling�察  �possibly   ��though   I   hope   not�察  �for   my   readers' 

sake�察�irreverent���察�to go back at once after such thoughts�察�be they                   true or 

false�察�to the weeds upon the cliff above our heads。                 But He      who is not 

here�察�but is risen�察�yet is here�察�and has appointed them                their services in a 

wonderful order�察�and I wish that on some day�察                �or on many days�察�when a 

quiet   sea   and   offshore   breezes   have      prevented   any   new   objects   from 

coming   to   land   with   the   rising   tide�察 �you   would   investigate   the   flowers 

peculiar   to   our   sea´rocks   and     sandhills。     Even   if   you   do   not   find   the 



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delicate lily´like      Trichonema of the Channel Islands and Dawlish�察�or the 

almost   as    beautiful   Squill   of   the   Cornish   cliffs�察  �or   the   sea´lavender   of 

North     Devon�察    �or  any   of   those   rare  Mediterranean       species    which    Mr。 

Johns has so charmingly described in his ;Week at the Lizard                     Point�察─�yet 

an average cliff�察�with its carpeting of pink thrift and              of bladder catchfly�察�

and Lady's finger�察�and elegant grasses�察�most                of them peculiar to the sea 

marge�察�is often a very lovely flower´ bed。 

     Not    merely     interesting�察   �too�察  �but   brilliant   in  their   vegetation     are 

sandhills�察  �and   the   seemingly  desolate   dykes   and   banks   of   salt      marshes 

will yield many a curious plant�察�which you may neglect if                   you will�此    �but 

lay  to   your   account   the   having   to   repent   your   neglect   hereafter�察  �when�察�

finding out too late what a pleasant study               botany is�察�you search in vain 

for curious forms over which you trod               every day in crossing flats which 

seemed to   you utterly  ugly and           uninteresting�察�but which the good   God 

was watching as carefully as            He did the pleasant hills inland�此          �perhaps 

even more carefully�察�for          the uplands He has completed�察�and handed over 

to man�察�that he may          dress and keep them�此         �but the tide´flats below are 

still   unfinished�察�dry land in the process of creation�察�to which every                  tide 

is   adding   the   elements   of   fertility�察  �which   shall   grow   food�察  �perhaps   in 

some future state of our planet�察�for generations yet              unborn。 

     But to return to the water´world�察�and to dredging�察�which of all                     sea´ 

side   pursuits   is   perhaps   the   most   pleasant�察  �combining   as   it     does   fine 

weather sailing with the discovery of new objects�察�to                which�察�after all�察�the 

waifs   and   strays   of   the   beach�察 �whether     ;flotsom  jetsom�察  �or   lagand�察─  �as 

the    old   Admiralty      laws    define    them�察    �are    few    and    poor。     I   say 

particularly   fine   weather   sailing�察  �for   a   swell�察  �which   makes   the   dredge 

leap along the bottom�察�instead of            scraping steadily�察�is as fatal to sport as 

it is to some people's        comfort。     But dredging�察�if you use a pleasure boat 

and   the   small    naturalist's   dredge�察  �is   an   amusement   in   which   ladies�察  �if 

they will�察    �may share�察�and which will increase�察�and not interfere with�察�the 

amusements of a water´party。 

     The   naturalist's   dredge�察    �of   which   Mr。    Gosse's   ;Aquarium;   gives        a 

detailed account�察�should differ from the common oyster dredge in                       being 

smaller�察�certainly not more than four feet across the mouth�察                   �and instead 



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