John Nagle's philosophy . lume of water tumbling over them,but they have a quiet beauty which charms brookit is not much else,-sings, throughits whole course below the Falls until it is swal-lowed up by the river to which it is a tributary,a restful melody. The current is swift, but thestream never brawls. The rocky valleythrough which it plows is in perfect harmonywith the rippling stream whose murmurs aregladsome sounds. The hills have no ruggedfeatures; they are softened with foliage and thewhole place is pregnant with calm beauty andrestfulness. Those laughing waters and theirsurro
John Nagle's philosophy . lume of water tumbling over them,but they have a quiet beauty which charms brookit is not much else,-sings, throughits whole course below the Falls until it is swal-lowed up by the river to which it is a tributary,a restful melody. The current is swift, but thestream never brawls. The rocky valleythrough which it plows is in perfect harmonywith the rippling stream whose murmurs aregladsome sounds. The hills have no ruggedfeatures; they are softened with foliage and thewhole place is pregnant with calm beauty andrestfulness. Those laughing waters and theirsurroundings will bring to any one, once acountry lad, the most pleasing recollections ofwoodland streams and forest paths. I nevervisited a place more conducive to restfulness,pleasing recollections, or complete banishment of worldliness. There is nothing approachingsublimity. Everything takes quiet possessionof the heart in a gentle way, and one is inex-tricably in love without having felt the ap-proach of this Nature THE MATERIALISTIC AGE. Our own age seems to have its powerfuldetermining characteristics. It may be calledthe materialistic age. A scramble to gainwealth and distinction among the perishableproducts of mans labor, seems to be assumingthe proportion of a national trait. Selfishnessrules the human breast; and desire for gain toooften makes people oblivious to their higherinterests. Avaricious desire not only rules theindividual, but its baleful influence creeps intoevery branch and fibre of the social element of physical and intellectualpower is now made subservient to mans pas-sion for gain, and turned into a producingagent at the earliest possible day. The learnedprofessions are now entered by the merestnovices in learning. Persons who scarcelyknow the functions of government, or the ele-mentary facts of history, are classed as lawyers; persons without a smattering of general scien-tific education, are called physicians; personsto whom ment
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