202 BRITISH APHIDES. 



speaks of tlie kosinos — " The universe is not dead, 

 and demoniacal ; a charnel Louse with spectres ; but 

 God-like, and my Father's." 



And yet again, a student of old has nobly written to 

 the same purpose. Bacon says, " Knowledge is not 

 a couch whereon to rest a searching and restless 

 spirit; nor a terrace for a wandering and variable 

 mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; nor a 

 tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; 

 nor a fort or commanding ground for strife and 

 contention ; nor a shop for profit or sale ; but a rich 

 store-house, for the glory of the Creator, and the relief 

 of man's estate." 



