are still going to die. The only solace, of course, is

Then he unfolded to them both the beauties of Nature, in all her

works; he pointed out to them how, in the scale of creation, inanimate

matter was inferior to animate nature; the plant above the mineral,

the animal above the plant, and man above them all. He strove to

show them how the beauty of the mind could be displayed in the outward

form, and that it was the sculptor's task to seize upon that beauty of

expression, and produce it in his works. Kaela stood silent, but

nodded in approbation of what he said, while mamma-in-law made the