কৰ্ম্মজীবন । >(r> '4 “።“•••° ̈•• • • •"" = ه . " -- ******* = ماه were something hidden in a lump of quartz " How often have I quoted this to some of my scientific friends who do not depend on the intuitional argument (if such a term can be used) for the existence of God but seek for proofs of his existence in the external world. You say in one place of your preface: "Virtue, truth and charity are such blessed things that we can not even think of them without being the better for it or brush past them on our way through life without carrying on our garments the smell of the field which the Lord hath loved.' This brought to my mind the saying of the Persian Poet: “The company of the pious is like an otto-holder. Though it 11ay not give us a portion of the Otto of roses it contains, yet there cometh out a smell thereof.” This means in Eastern language: "Though we may not be actually pious from the company of the pious yet we may be the better for it.' You say in a certain place of your perface; "a man may or may not make rules of devotion, trusting in the latter case only to the unflagging ardour of his heart." This want of rule may suit a few truly exalted and disciplined minds like yours but in the case of the generality of men rules of devotion are required. If they be taught to "leave the generous to shape themselves,” I fear they will be totally extinguished. * * * * I was literally charmed by the last paragraph of your preface and blessed the hand that indited it.
