138 A NURSERY FOR THE MICROSCOPE. 



The weakest are constantly going to the wall, with 

 a vigour in which there is no room left for pity, except 

 in the soul of the beholder ! May not that be the case 

 with ourselves, and the Great Power whose wisdom 

 has called us and them alike into existence, to fulfil 

 some inscrutable but all-wise purpose of his own ? 



