"Omnes res creatae sunt divinse sapientia; et poteutiie testes, divitire felicitatis 

 hiiraan£e : — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex ceconomia in conseryatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia niajestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper ajstimata ; 

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

 inimica fuit." — Linnaeus. 



"Quel que soit le principe de la vie animale, il ne faut qu'ouvrir les yeux pour 

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Brucknek, TMoric du St/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



Tlie sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells * 



The Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heath-flower come not empty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavern deejj : 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, 



Wkere 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. 



J. Taylor, Norrvick, 1818. 



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