There came a day when, in her solemn assembly, France voted to
cast off the recognition of Almighty God. She lifted up instead
the Goddess of Reason, and in her delirium the multitude placed
a daughter of pleasure in a chariot, crowned her with flowers,
and determined to worship the body, instead of the Angel of
Duty. But smashing the telescope does not put out the stars.
Voting not to have any sun does not annihilate the summer. The
microscope may show the germs of death in the reservoir, but
breaking the microscope will not cleanse the springs.--N. D.
HILLIS.
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