•• Oiuiies res crt-atie sunt clivinse sapientiie et potentire testes, divitia; felioitatis 

 humanre :— ex baruin usu boiiitas Creatoris ; ex pulcliritudiue .sapienfia Domini ; 

 ex oecononiia in consorvatione, proiwrtionc, n-novatione, potent ia niajcstatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indapatio ab boniinibus sibi rolictis semper rcstimata ; 

 a vere eruditis et siipientibus semixT exculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — LiNXiKUS. 



"Quel que soil le princijie de la vie animale, il ne iuut qn'ouvrir lesyeux pour 

 Toir qu'elle est le cbcf-d'acuvre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations."— Bruckneu, Thiork du Si/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from tlieir deepest dells 



The Dryads oome, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountjiin-thyme 



And purple he-.ith-flower come not empty-handed. 



But scatter roimd 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 the lily, and each sedge and rush 



Tliat drinks the rippling tide : the frozen poles, 



Wierc peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylok, Norwich, 1818. 



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