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Show 92 ACORN IN THE UUD. thing for the information. But great trees grow from little seeds. The Thames, notwithstanding the length of its course and the beauty and usefulness OA~ TWIG, NATURAL SIZE. .A.CORNS AND OAKS. 93 of its tide, steals back again from the sea in vapour; and it is tempered with so many delightful sensibilities, that it waters the fields, and refreshes the animals, e'ven when on its aerial flight to those mountains which collect and give forth the fountainsprings. The beginnings of all things are :;;mall; r and if we take weight and measure as our proofs of existence, the origin of every thing is in nothing. Of what magnitude and of what weight is the acorn of even next year in that little bud at the tip of the oak twig! Of what size and weight are the acorns that are to be produced a hundred years hence in that little oak which is not yet a finger's length, and wears the first leaves of its childhood! A B |
