" Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee ; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee :
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of
the sea shall declare unto thee."
Job xii., 7, 8.
" Denn niemals kefirt' er heim, er bracht' euch etwas,
War's eine schone Alpenblmne, war's
Ein seltner Vogel oder Ammonshorn,
Wie es der Wandrer findet auf den Bergen."
Schiller (Wilhelm Tell).
" Engelond is full enow of fruyt and of treen,
Of wodes and of parkes that joy it is to seen."
Old English poem.
" A good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and
depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat
and barley."
Deuteronomy viii., 7, 8.
" I cannot start at the presence of a Serpent, Scorpion,
Lizard or Salamander : at the sight of a Toad or Viper I find
no desire to take up a stone to destroy them. I feel not in
myself those common Antipathies that I can discover in others."
Sir Thomas Browne (Religio Medici).