"Omnes res crenta? sunt diviiiae sapientise et potentia; testes, divitiaj felicilatis 

 liiiinanH: : — ex haruiu usu bonitas Creatoris; ex pulcliritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex ceconoiiii& in conserTatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia niajestatis 

 eluoet. Earuni itaque indi>gntio ab lioniinibus sibi relictis semper isestiii.ata ; 

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

 inimica fuit."— Link.eus. 



"Quel que soit le principe de la tie animale, il ne faut qu'ouvrir lesyeux pour 

 voir qu'elle est le chef-d'ea\ivre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquel so rappor- 

 t«nt toutes ses operations." — Bkuckneii, Thiorie du Systeme Aniinal, Leyden, 



1767 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons; from their deepest dells 



The Dryatls come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet; the I^ymphs 



That press with nimble step the mounhvin-thyme 



And purple heath-flower come not empty-handed, 



But seattor round ten thousand forms 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 tlie lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide: the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits tiie bold adventurer's tread. 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us imlock tlieir secret stores 



And pay tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



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