Morality 



tent logic. Necessity, the instigator of prog- 

 ress, seems to have gradually trained the 

 male Minotaur in his functions as a collabo- 

 rator. The father of yore, an idler, as is 

 the rule among insects, has become an ardent 

 worker because, what with one experiment 

 after another, the race has benefited. 



What does he do with his harvest? He 

 soberly feeds on it, when the moisture in the 

 burrow has somewhat softened the thankless 

 morsels; he cards great quantities of them 

 Into a felt In which he buries himself in the 

 winter to shield himself against the cold. 

 B^ut these are the lesser uses of his plunder; 

 the main thing is the future of the family. 



Now the grub, whose stomach is at first 

 so squeamish, would never bite Into such 

 snacks as these. If they were left untouched. 

 If they are to be accepted and relished, they 

 must be subjected to a refining which will 

 give them tenderness and flavour. In what 

 laboratory is the cooking to be done? Ob- 

 viously underground, the only place where 

 an equable moisture prevails, free from the 

 unwholesome excess of humidity. Thus the 

 quality of the food gives rise to the 

 burrow. 



And this burrow has to be deep, very deep, 

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