IN REPUBLICS. 375° 
those beings living in society, should 
have a language ; but ants, who appear, 
in several respects, to merit the pre-emi- 
nence over other insects, extend this 
faculty even to the pucerons, from whom 
they obtain their nourishment. ‘The art, 
still more surprising, of rendering them 
domestic, has nothing analagous in the 
other republics of which we have spoken : 
this prerogative appears to touch upon 
the domain of man. But the Author of 
all things has limited the power of these 
petty republics, in not permitting them 
to make use of other arms than those 
with which they are naturally provided ; 
the inventive faculties have been denied 
them, notwithstanding we have witnessed 
a few traits, which seem to announce 
some species of combination. Their 
wants and their means have been calcu- 
lated beforehand, so that their instinct 
is not susceptible of being brought to 
higher perfection. 
In the number of those magnificent 
views of creation, which it is permitted 
