BOOK FIRST.
DISCOVERIES.
B. C. TO 1607 A. D.
“Through the ages one increasing purpose runs,
And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.”
Tennyson.
“Here are old trees, tall oaks and gnarled pines
That stream with gray, green mosses; here the ground
Was never touched by spade, and flowers spring up
Unsown and die ungathered. It is sweet
To linger here among the flitting birds
And leaping squirrels, wandering brooks, and winds