Excerpt from the book: “These "stately ravens of the saintly day sof yore" flew, each day, all over the world, gathering "facts and figures, " doubtless for their August master. It is a beautiful fable, and reminds one of Milton's "thoughts which wander through eternity. "The dove of the Ark, and the bird which perched on the shoulder of the old Plutarchan hero Sertorius, are recalled by this Scandinavian legend:-- "Hug in and Mun in Each down take their flight Earth's fields over”.
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