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III. Odd or Even 163 IV. Why and How 165 V. An Insoluble Problem 167 VI. A Live World 169 VII. Darwinism and the War 172 VIII. The Robin 175 IX. The Weasel 177 X. Misinterpreting Nature 179 XI. Natural Sculpture 181

XI.

Ruminations

184

I.	Man a Part of Nature	184
II.	Marcus Aurelius on Death	185
III.	The Interpreter of Nature	186
IV.	Original Source	190
V.	The Cosmic Harmony	191
VI.	Cosmic Rhythms	193
VII.	The Beginnings of Life	194
VIII.	Spendthrift Nature	195

XII.

New Gleanings in Field and Wood

197

I.	Sunrise	197
II.	Nature's Methods	199
III.	Heads and Tails	205
IV.	An Unsavory Subject	206
V.	Chance in Animal Life	208
VI.	Mosquitoes and Fleas	210
VII.	The Change of Climate in Southern California	210
VIII.	All-Seeing Nature	212

Index

217

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UNDER
THE MAPLES

The time of the falling of leaves has come again.