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its means of rc-production and of defence, the lavish way in 

 which it is ornamented, these, and many other particulars excite 

 my wonder. " In his tarn parvis tamque nullis, qua ratio quanta 

 vis, quam inexplicabilis jjerfectio ! " 



Thus the thoughts are powerfully directed to the Great 

 Creator, as the only possible source whence so much wisdom 

 and goodness and power can proceed. And if, as it has been 

 well said, ^'^to see all things in God has been accounted one 

 of the peculiar privileges of the future state ; in this present 

 life to see God in all things, and in the mirror of creation to 

 behold and adore the reflected glory of the Creator is no mean 

 attainment. The endeavour to do so possesses this advantage, 

 that thus we sanctify our pursuits ; and instead of loving 

 creatures for themselves are led by our survey of them and 

 their instincts to the love of Him who made and svho endowed 

 them." * 



Introduction to Entomology. 



