CHAPTER XI
TO THE TEACHER
The point of the story is the enthusiasm of the naturalists for their work—work that to the uncaring and unknowing seemed not even worth while. But all who do great things do them with all their might. No one can stop to count the cost whose soul is bent on great things.
FOR THE PUPIL
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Burlington: in Vermont.
Concord and Middleboro: in Massachusetts.
Zadoc Thompson: a Vermont naturalist.
D. Henry Thoreau: better known as Henry D. Thoreau; author of “Walden,” etc.
J. W. P. Jenks: for many years head of Pierce Academy, Middleboro, and later Professor of Agricultural Zoölogy in Brown University.
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Contributions: used in place of the whole name: Go yourself into the public library and read this and look at the four large volumes.
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spatter-docks: yellow pond-lily (Nuphar advena).
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dinosaurian: one of the fossil reptile monsters of the Mesozoic, or “middle,” period of the earth’s history, before the age of man.