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studied the greater part of the species figured. The fact that the atlas presents so full a 

 picture of the marvellous wealth of form of the Eadiolaria is especially due to his lively 

 interest in the work, to his unwearying care, and to his morphological acuteness. May 

 it be the means of inducing many naturalists to study more deeply this inexhaustible 

 kingdom of microscopic life, whose endless variety of wonderful forms justifies the saying 

 — Natura iyi minimis maxima. 



