There Is Always Something New Out Of

Cats Too, With What Silent Stealthiness, With What Light Steps Do They Creep Up To A Bird!

We Listen With Deep Interest To What We Hear, For To Man Novelty Is Ever Charming.

There Is In Them A Softer Fire Than The Ruby, There Is The Brilliant Purple Of The Amethyst, And The Sea Green Of The Emerald - All Shining Together In Incredible Union. Some By Their Splendor Rival The Colors Of The Painters, Others The Flame Of Burning Sulphur Or Of Fire Quickened By Oil.

Contact With [menstrual Blood] Turns New Wine Sour, Crops Touched By It Become Barren, Grafts Die, Seed In Gardens Are Dried Up, The Fruit Of Trees Fall Off, The Edge Of Steel And The Gleam Of Ivory Are Dulled, Hives Of Bees Die, Even Bronze And Iron Are At Once Seized By Rust, And A Horrible Smell Fills The Air; To Taste It Drives Dogs Mad And Infects Their Bites With An Incurable Poison.

There Is Alas No Law Against Incompetency; No Striking Example Is Made. They Learn By Our Bodily Jeopardy And Make Experiments Until The Death Of The Patients, And The Doctor Is The Only Person Not Punished For Murder.