ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTS. 
And how in each stage of growth the next is prefigured, 
However numerous or great the changes, the individuality is preserved, 
A future life is provided for, as in the case of the human embryo, 
CHAPTER VII.—THE PHCNIX. 
Out of gloom and obscurity emerges light, SS 
The metamorphosis takes place, but the stadt is not at a ~ ieee 
Nature furnishes each species with all its needs for the new life, 
Its vital intensity is revealed by the brightness of its colouring, 
Insects of gay attire are found in every region, 
Even among the snows of the Alpine peaks, 
BOOK THE SECOND.—MISSION AND ARTS OF THE 
CHAPTER I.—SWAMMERDAM. 
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The secret of the Insect World first discovered by Swammerdam 
A comparison instituted between him and Galileo, 
His early years, his favourite occupations, and his collections of insects, 
To assist him in his investigations he invented the microscope, 
His patient labours rewarded by great discoveries, 
Yet in his own country he was not honoured ; it was in Soienrice that his sulk met sl 
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Dark clouds overcast his later years, 
He died at the age of three and forty, : 
His work is carried on by Leuwenhoek and Menen 
CHAPTER II.—THE MICROSCOPE : HAS THE INSECT A PHYSIOGNOMY ? 
In the infinitely little lurks a great attraction for man, ... 
Hence its study should be systematically undertaken, 
Michelet applies himself to his microscope, 
And examines the structure of an insect’s wing, 
Next, he studies the organization of the ant, 
He describes what he saw, 
A complex apparatus, both for oehen pd derence. 
What it is which separates us from the insect, 
CHAPTER III.—THE INSECT AS THE AGENT OF NATURE IN THE 
ACCELERATION OF DEATH AND LIFE. 
The language of the insect in its immense energy, 
A glance is directed at the order of Nature, 5 
And it is shown that all forms of life must be kept aitiinn fencam ee 
Hence, one race preys upon another, and all Nature is a scene of incessant cornea 
In this work of destruction, and Beet the Bird and the Insect play an important 
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The insect-tribes are therefore great sanitary agents, 
The great Guiana ants afford an illustration, 
And the beneficent labours of the spider have secured dhe seqeeu of the Siberi jans, 
CHAPTER IV.—THE INSECT AS MAN’S AUXILIARY. 
The want of insect-labour induced the potato disease, 
Such is the dictum of an author, who thinks that the mralaelicacee of eal beds Hee 
been destructive to insect- life ; ; but no such geeks ei of birds has taken place, 
nor any such destruction of insects, ; 
The Bird and the Insect are the joint purifiers aha cr sae homn 
Some species of insects should be carefully preserved, 
A sketch is given of their multifarious labours, 
Of the services rendered by the scavenger-insects, 
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