Article September 30, 1939 ISSUE

A Lesson from Nature

NOEL M. RUST

A student of Christian Science, who was wrestling with problems which involved various disturbing beliefs about human personalities, was for a few days frequently interrupted in his studies by a little bird which repeatedly flew against the windowpanes of his study. Apparently it saw its reflection in the glass, and imagining the reflection to be another bird, attacked it furiously.

Obviously, to the bird, the reflection was an enemy, since every time it moved towards the glass the reflection would seem to move towards it; and the more violently it flew against the glass, the more violent would be the peck from the other bird.

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