"Oinne» res creatiE sunt diTinae sapienti^ et potentiae testes, diTitirc felicitatis 

 humanae: — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris; ez. pulcbritudine sapient ia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomiA in conserratione, proportione, renoratione, potentia majestatia 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper a-stimata ; 

 h Tere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linnaeus. 



"Quel que soit le principe de la vie animale, il ne faut qu'ouTrir lesyeui pour 

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — BitucKNEii, Thiorie du Si/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sylyan 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 : 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 tre^d. 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock tlieir secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwicfi, 1818. 



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