"Omnes res creata sunt divinse sapientifc et potentir? testes, divitia; felicitatis 

 hunianaj : — ex hariini usu boiiifas Crcatoris ; ex puleliritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia niajestatis 

 elucet. Eariiin itaque indagatio ab lioniinibus sibi relictis semper a'stimata ; 

 k vero eruditis et sapientibus semper excidt^i ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fiiit." — Linn-bl's. 



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

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bruckner, Theoric du Si/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The 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 deep : tlie 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, 



Tlie burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Tayi.or, Isorwich, 1818. 



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