The Life of Jean Henri Fabre 



allowing him wholly to give himself up to 

 entomology. 



Ah, beloved village, so poor, so rustic, what a 

 happy inspiration was mine when I came to you 

 to demand of you a hermit's retreat, where I 

 could live in company with my dear insects and 

 thus trace in a worthy manner a few chapters of 

 their marvellous history! 1 



1 Souvenirs, in., p. 14. 



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