Madam How and Lady Why; or, First lessons in earth lore for children . noff the New Forest into the sea, which eats them up,as you know, year by year and day by day. Andhere were once perhaps cliffs just like them, whereLondon Bridge now stands There, we are rumbling away home at last, over thedear old heather-moors. How far we have travelled—in our fancy at least—since we began to talk aboutall these things, upon the foggy November day, andfirst saw Madam How digging at the sand-banks withher water-spade. How many countries we havetalked of; and what wonderful questions we have gotanswered, w
Image details
Contributor:
The Reading Room / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2AX6E64File size:
7.1 MB (567.3 KB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
1360 x 1837 px | 23 x 31.1 cm | 9.1 x 12.2 inches | 150dpiMore information:
This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Alamy charges you a fee for access to the high resolution copy of the image.
This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.
Madam How and Lady Why; or, First lessons in earth lore for children . noff the New Forest into the sea, which eats them up, as you know, year by year and day by day. Andhere were once perhaps cliffs just like them, whereLondon Bridge now stands There, we are rumbling away home at last, over thedear old heather-moors. How far we have travelled—in our fancy at least—since we began to talk aboutall these things, upon the foggy November day, andfirst saw Madam How digging at the sand-banks withher water-spade. How many countries we havetalked of; and what wonderful questions we have gotanswered, which all grew out of the first question.How were the heather-moors made ? And yet wehave not talked about a hundredth part of the things 268 MADAM HOW AND LADY WHY CHAP. about which these very heather-moors ought to setus thinking. But so it is, child. Those who wishhonestly to learn the laws of Madam How, which wecall Nature, by looking honestly at what she does, which we call Fact, have only to begin by looking atthe very smallest thing, pins head or pebble, at. their feet, and it may lead them—whither, they cannottell. To answer any one question, you find youmust answer another; and to answer that you mustanswer a third, and then a fourth; and so on for everand ever. For ever and ever ? Of course. If we thought and searched over the xii HOMEWARD BOUND 260 Universe—ay, I believe, only over this one little planetcalled earth—for millions on millions of years, weshould not get to the end of our searching. Themore we learnt, the more we should find there wasleft to learn. AU things, we should find, are con-stituted according to a Divine and Wonderful Order, which links each thing to every other thing; so thatwe cannot fully comprehend any one thing withoutcomprehending all things: and who can do that, saveHe who made all things ? Therefore our true wisdomis never to fancy that we do comprehend: never tomake systems and theories of the Universe (as theyare called) as if w