Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World

re about Mars, and it was not long before we were all seate

to add to our comfort and happiness-our true happiness, which consists in improvement and the constant uplifting of character. The evils that once vexed our world, both those occasioned by natural phenomena and those brought about by our own ignorance and sin, have, as you have heard, alm

, "that you believe all this rest from troubl

o the earliest days of your history and compare the state of things then existing with that of your own times. Has your world made any

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ition in which you find us. Have not your holy prophets foretold a time of universal peace both for man and beast,

k lightly or not at all of such things. These prophecies have never impressed me as they do now whe

ay reach our blessed state. First will come the spirit of peace, and as I am sure war must be repugnant to such minds as yours, you will readily learn to put it away from you. Then will begin to cease all bitterness between man and man, and you will be started on the road that leads to brotherly kindness. A world of sorrows will fall away with the passing of individual and na

ssion, large and small, of neighbor against neighbor-when these have all been turned toward the betterment of your condition and the salvation of men from degradation and sin, then will the arts of peace flourish and your day begin. Then will nature herself come to your assistance,

ctically the same question? You have told us of your wonderful history and that you have now reached a condition of peace and quiet. With no sickness or sorrow in your lives, with no evil passions to rise and throw you, with nothing to fear from without or within, yours must be a blissful condition. But still, is there always content? In our imperfect state we are striving

ave ceased to learn. The mind is ever reaching forward to new attainments, and the things which chiefly occupy us now would have been beyond our comprehension in our earlier days. Can you not find an illustration on the earth? Suppose the untutored savage were suddenly required to throw away his spear and arrow and engage in your pursuits, Doctor. Would he be happy? Your mind is full of thoughts that he cannot grasp, your life is made up of experiences an

can you not tell us somethi

which, from the nature of the case, is the earliest of all sciences wherever there is intelligent life to view the works of creation. You will find great profit in advancing in this study as rapidly a

d wisdom. The microscope will almost keep pace with the telescope in revealing the

. You will want to discover how far animals can be educated and whether their intelligence can ever be developed into mind. As you progress in this study you will feel the necessity of understanding their conversation and you will learn what you can of their language. These tasks will seem of more importance

ling you are bound to respect? That is, should a wounded and bleeding tree excite in you even the slightest shade of that sympathy you fee

mplex being or with the unexplored depths of creation around you, a chief source of interest will be the constant discovery of a perfect adaptation in the works of God. Of course you know someth

eleased gradually from trouble and care, and from those petty affairs which now so occupy you, your minds and souls will grow, and you w