Chaqnc genre de Vers, et j'ose presque dire chaque cspJce, ofifre un objet tout 4 

 fait neuf, qui deniande k lui seul presqu'autant de travail que les classes entierea 

 des gi-ands animaux. — Geoffroy St. Hilairk. 



'UTiat, dull 1 when you do not know what gives its loveliness of form to the lily, 

 its depth of colour to the violet, its fi-agi-ance to the rose ! when you do not know 

 in what consists the venom of tlie adder, any more than you can imitate the glad 

 movements of the dove ! when, unlike the wisest of monarchs and of men, far 

 from knowing the trees as he did, " from the cedar tree that is m Lebanon even 

 unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall," you do not know anj^hing even 

 of the two extremes of Solomon's gi-eat knowledge ! M'hat, dull ! when earth, air, 

 and water are all alike mysteries to you ! and when, as you stretch out yom' hand, 

 you do not touch anything the properties of which you have mastered ! while, all 

 the time, Nature is inviting you to talk earnestly with her, to miderstand her, to 

 subdue her, and to be blessed by her 1 Go away, man ; learn something, do some- 

 thing, understand somctliing, and let me hear no more of your duhiess. — Sir 

 Arthur Helps. 



