THE SCOPE OF NATURE-STUDY 43 



sentatives may be preserved. Civics is as essentially a subject of 

 natural history as are the instincts of the brute creation or the 

 habits of climbing plants. When we learn how to draw its lessons 

 from the story of man's efforts to adapt himself to ever changing 

 conditions, it will be possible to frame a machinery of government 

 that will be flexible enough to meet his growing needs, and still 

 have all the stability of nature's laws. 



