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Yes ! I have raised a fane more durable than brass, 

 And higher than the height of kingly pjTamids, 

 Which not the washing rain, or north ^dnd impotent, 

 May hurl assunder ; nor the innumerable course 

 Of years, or flight of ages e'er shall dissipate. 



Fane, a temple {fanum, a consecrated building or portion of 

 land, Latin). 



Gelatinous, jelly-like (gelatine). 



Gemmacea, the specific name of the Gem-anemone {gemma, 

 a gem, precious stone, Latin). 



Genus, a collection of species which agree among them- 

 selves more closely than they coincide -vNith other 

 species. 



Habitat, the place in which animals or plants are found 



{hahitare, to inhabit, Latin). 

 Helianthoid, sunflower-shaped [Helios, the sun; anthos, a 



flower ; eidos, shape, Greek). 

 Hydraform, hydra-like (hydra, an animal which Hves in 



the water; hudor, water, Greek; forms, sl shape, 



Latm).* 



* The Hydra of old story was a monster who lived in some 

 marshes, and destroyed people. As soon as one head was cut off, 

 two more appeared, unless the actual cautery was appHed. He was 

 probably a malaria, and the moral of the allegory is that half- 

 sanitory measures are worse than none, since they excite and do not 

 remove the causes of the e\H. The hydra viridis is a freshwater 

 zoophyte, bearing many polyps on a green stem. He lives in 

 marshes, and reproduces himself even faster than his prototype. 



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