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standing him, fail to appreciate him ; but it deals 

 with things that have an outward existence, objects 

 that can be perceived and studied by all blessed 

 with five senses. They can be collected in cabinets, 

 so that we may examine the same plant which 

 Linnaeus described the same bone that Cuvier 

 studied. 



Natural History demands high qualifications in 

 other departments of education, and constantly in- 

 creases our knowledge of kindred studies in amount 

 and accuracy, by bringing them into daily use. In 

 the nomenclature, there is needed an intimate ac- 

 quaintance with the power of words and the laws 

 of their combinations. In considering the geologic 

 forces, the laws of form and position of parts, we 

 gain a clear comprehension only by the aid of 

 Mathematics. In the higher problems of classifica- 

 tion, there is a field for metaphysical speculation, 

 applied to no imaginary creations nor abstract terms, 

 but to material forms. The delicate tests of Chem- 

 istry, and the almost magic power of Optics, are in 

 constant requisition. Men have become naturalists, 

 it is true, though they neglected other studies ; but 



