The Life of the Spider 



Recognizing the large variety of game, we 

 wonder how the Epeira manages not to 

 hesitate amid those many diverse forms, how, 

 for instance, she passes from the Locust to the 

 Butterfly, so different in appearance. To 

 attribute to her as a guide an extensive zoo- 

 logical knowledge were wildly in excess of 

 what we may reasonably expect of her poor 

 intelligence. The thing moves, therefore it 

 is worth catching : this formula seems to sum 

 up the Spider's wisdom. 



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