"Omnes res creativ sunt divinae sapientia; et poteiitiic testes, divitioe felicitatis 

 huinann;: — ex liaruiu usu bonitas Creatoris; ex pulchritudino sapieiitia Domini ; 

 ex opcoiioniia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potctitia iiiajcstatis 

 elueet. Eanini itaque indagatio ab lioniinibus sibi relict is semper a'stimata ; 

 j\ vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta ; male doct is et barbaris semper 

 iniiiiica fuit." — Linnjjus. 



"Quel que soil le principe de la vie animate, il ne faut qu'ouvrir lesyeux pour 

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

 teut toiites ses operations." — ERrcKNEu, Thioric du Si/stinie Animal, Leydon, 

 1767. 



. Tlie sylvan powers 



Obey om* summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryatls come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heatli-flower come not empty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or liclien, 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 



That drinks the rippling tide: the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



Tiie burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Tayi-or, Norv'ich, 1818. 



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At^EKE I FLAUJIAM. 



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