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could not have been called into existence had the parent
plant no selfconsciousness, no vital energy, no ego, no soul!
The great electrician, Thomas Edison, holds that
plants possess consciousness. I am perfectly convinced of
it, to-wit, if you deprive a creeper of its support, it will soon send out an eager tendril to find another hold, and I
kiss with reverence every hand that kindly tends to the comfort and well being of window plants, moving them
according to the sunlight they so much need and love, lopping them, and even talking to them in a way with
"such love as soul to soul affordeth" children of the same
creator. And in this light also the most ancient Hindoo
sect, "The Jaines" (which means "the conquerors of self"), look upon all plants, and protect and cherish them accordingly. How much we boastful Christians have to learn from the misunderstood and maligned Hindus!
Have the plants any object in thus mirroring themselves in fancy ice tracings, or is it a mere freak of the
plant, as we hitherto thought it was a freak of "Jack
Frost?" Depend upon it, there is no such thing as freak
or chance in nature, although the transient existence of the frost flower on the glass may appear to us as purposeless as it is inexplicable to most of us. Yet they will occur again and again as often as opportunity affords, a
bit of nature, tiny and transient, I grant, but yet a phase
of nature although hitherto ignored or laughed at. But
from the attention drawn to the frost flowers I hope you
will henceforth find them as interesting as heretofore you
have found them, and always will find them, exquisitely
beautiful, and that you may try and find out their cause and their mission.
I cannot leave this subject without again quoting my
illstrious countryman, Linnaeus, the "Floral King," p. 131,
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