Chapter XI: To the Teacher

The point of the story is the enthusiasm of the naturalists for
their work--work that to the uncaring and unknowing seemed not
even worth while. But all who do great things do them with all
their might. No one can stop to count the cost whose soul is
bent on great things.

FOR THE PUPIL

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_Burlington_: in Vermont.

_Concord and Middleboro_: in Massachusetts.

_Zadoc Thompson_: a Vermont naturalist.

_D. Henry Thoreau_: better known as Henry D. Thoreau; author of
“Walden,” etc.

_J. W. P. Jenks_: for many years head of Pierce Academy,
Middleboro, and later Professor of Agricultural Zoölogy in
Brown University.

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_Contributions_: used in place of the whole name: Go yourself
into the public library and read this and look at the four large
volumes.

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_spatter-docks_: yellow pond-lily (_Nuphar advena_).

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_dinosaurian_: one of the fossil reptile monsters of the
Mesozoic, or “middle,” period of the earth’s history, before the
age of man.