"Omnes res creates sunt divina sapient ire et potential testes, divitiae felicitatis 

 humanre : — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex osconomia hi conservatione, proportiOne, renovatione, potentia majestatis 

 elucet. Earmn itaque indagatio ;ib hominibus sibi relictis semper Eestimata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linnaeus. 



"Quel que soil le principe de la vie aniniale, il ne faut qu'ourrir lesyeux pour 

 voir qu'elle est le chef d'eeuvre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquelse rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bkucknek, Theorie du Systetne Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous brandies at our feet; the Nymphs 



Thai press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heath-flower come not empty-handed, 



Bui scatter round ten thousand Conns minute 



Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavern deep: the Naiads too 



Quit their loved native stream, from whose smooth face 



They crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide : the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



.'. Tayior. Norwich, 1818. 



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