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Little Men

CHAPTER XVII
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This little glass will give you a new set of teachers, and you may learn fine lessons from them if you will," said Mr.Bhaer, glad to see how interested the boys were in the matter.
"Could I see anybody's soul with this microscope if I looked hard ?" asked Demi, who was much impressed with the power of the bit of glass.
"No, dear; it's not powerful enough for that, and never can be made so.
You must wait a long while before your eyes are clear enough to see the most invisible of God's wonders.

But looking at the lovely things you can see will help you to understand the lovelier things you can not see," answered Uncle Fritz, with his hand on the boy's head.
"Well, Daisy and I both think that if there are any angels, their wings look like that butterfly's as we see it through the glass, only more soft and gold." "Believe it if you like, and keep your own little wings as bright and beautiful, only don't fly away for a long time yet." "No, I won't," and Demi kept his word.
"Good-by, my boys; I must go now, but I leave you with our new Professor of Natural History;" and Mrs.Jo went away well pleased with that composition day..


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