Above all, and most wonderful of all, the brain itself. Meinert has calculated that the gray matter alone contains no less than 600,000,000 cells; each cell consists of several thousand visible molecules, and each molecule again of many millions of atoms. And yet, with reasonable care, we can most of us keep this wonderful organisation in health, so that it will work without causing us pain, or even discomfort, for many years; and we may hope that even when old age comes "Time may lay his hand Upon your heart gently, not smiting it, Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.' CHAPTER IV LOVE LOVE is the light and sunshine of life. We cannot fully enjoy ourselves, or anything else, unless some one we love. enjoys it with us. Even if we are alone, we store up our enjoyment in hope of sharing it hereafter with those we love. Love lasts through life, and adapts itself to every age and circumstance; in childhood for father and mother, in manhood for wife, in age for children, and throughout for brothers and sisters, relations and friends. The strength |