334* INSTINCTS OF BEES. 



The possession of the organs of sense implies 

 the possession of some portion of intellect, for 

 without intellect those organs would seem inca- 

 pable of being employed to the greatest advan- 

 tage. " There is this difference," says MR. 

 SPENCE, "between intellect in man, and the rest 

 of the animal creation. Their intellect teaches 

 them to follow the lead of their senses, and to 

 make such use of the external world as their ap- 

 petites or instincts incline them to, and this is 

 their wisdom : while the intellect of man, being as- 

 sociated with an immortal principle, and connected 

 with a world above that which his senses reveal to 

 him, can, by aid derived from heaven, control those 

 senses, and render them obedient to the govern- 

 ing power of his nature ; and this is his wisdom" 

 A distinction has been made, and very properly, 

 between wisdom and knowledge. The former 

 alone can be possessed by the lower animals, man 

 can possess both. The distinction between them 

 has been very accurately marked by COWPER, 

 though in making it he has confined himself to 

 man only. 



t Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, 

 Have oft times no connection. Knowledge dwells 

 In heads replete with thoughts of other men, 

 Wisdom in minds attentive to their own." 



It will, I think, be evident to my readers, from 

 the general tenour of this chapter, that though I 



