The Urchin of Malaval 



in which he was one day to fill so notable a 

 place and to sing a new song to the glory of 

 the Master of Nature ! * 



1 This account of the naturalist's childhood is drawn 

 principally from The Souvenirs, vi., 32-45 ; see The Life 

 of the Fly, chap, v., " Heredity." 



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