I
watched this with all the utmost effort of attention of
which I was capable. I became intensely interested in my
observations. I even made sure--as sure as anybody can
be of anything--that the whole of this curious path lay
in the same perpendicular plane which ran from the
southeast to the northwest, that is to say in the direction
of the main current of the wind. I have since confirmed
these observations many times.
I am aware of the fact that nobody--nobody whom I know,
at least--takes the slightest interest in such things.
People watch birds because some "Nature-Study-cranks" (I
am one of them) urge it in the schools. Others will make
desultory observations on "Weeds" or "Native Trees." Our
school work in this respect seems to me to be most
ridiculously and palpably superficial. Worst of all, most
of it is dry as dust, and it leads nowhere. I sometimes
fear there is something wrong with my own mentality. But
to me it seems that the Kingdom of Heaven lies all around
us, and that most of us simply prefer the moving-picture-
show. I have kept weather records for whole seasons--brief
notes on the everyday observations of mere nothings.
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