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The Study of Animal Life 



APP. 



the three as essential, and to cease from drawing prejudiced com' 

 parisons between them. 



Their relations may be summarised as follows : — 



"NATURAL HISTORY." 



Study of the 



real life 



of 



fauna 



class 



order 



genus 



species 



families 



pairs 



individuals 



in relation 



to 



one another 



and to their 



surroundings. 



(5) Organism. 

 (4) Organs. 

 (3) Tissues. 

 (2) CeUs. 

 (i) Protoplasm. 



Study of Structure 

 (Morphological) 



Study of Activities 

 (Physiological). 



"ZOOLOGY." 



To those interested in "Natural History," there is little need 

 to give the primary word of counsel " Observe," for to do so is 

 their delight ; nor do they need to be told that s)'mpathetic feeling 

 with animals, delight in their harmonious beauty, and poetical 

 justice of insight which recognises their personality, are qualities 

 of a true naturalist, as every one will allow, except those who are 

 given up to the idolatiy of that fiction called " pure science." 



There is a maniacal covetousness of knowledge which one has 

 no pleasure in encouraging. We do not want to know all that is 

 contained even in Chambers's Ejicyclopixdia, though we wish to 

 gain the power of understanding, realising, and enjoying the 

 various aspects of the world around us. We do not wish brains 

 laden with chemistry and physics, astronomy and geology, botany 



