Nature is a good mother, after all, in our latitude. She does not coddle and over-indulge her children, but rewards their love abundantly, invigorates them if they dwell in her presence, and develops mind and muscle, heart and soul, if they obey her laws and seek to know her well.


Nature's Serial Story, Preface (p. viii), Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1885


Nature is a good mother, after all, in our latitude. She does not coddle and over-indulge her children, but rewards their love abundantly,...

Nature is a good mother, after all, in our latitude. She does not coddle and over-indulge her children, but rewards their love abundantly,...

Nature is a good mother, after all, in our latitude. She does not coddle and over-indulge her children, but rewards their love abundantly,...

Nature is a good mother, after all, in our latitude. She does not coddle and over-indulge her children, but rewards their love abundantly,...