X
"MYSELF WHEN YOUNG DID
EAGERLY FREQUENT"
BUT, unlike Omar, I came out of another
door, not regretting wholly my
adventure. For I have a reverence for
Science, which is exceeded only by my
reverence for what is beyond Science. The
Unknown and the Unknowable, though not
always helpful in the ordinary pursuits of
life, have a fascination that no knowledge,
no discovered mysteries of creation, can
ever excell. And yet, I have often gone
with my empty bucket to the well of Science
only to find that its water, though refreshing,
does not quench the thirst. I have
often, too, to satisfy my curiosity, thrown
stones in the well, thinking that I could
sound its depth. The astronomer and the
geologist who saw me, smiled and passed
on. But the naturalist, who was loath to
let me go away unsatisfied, entertained me
with one of his wonderful tales.
He told me how varieties in animals gradually develop into species; how certain
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