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clearly and logically worked out and expressed that 

 we owe our present knowledge, and to whom the world 

 at large is greatly indebted ; and it is they who have 

 materially assisted in confirming the doubt and wavering 

 belief of all lovers of Nature and of animals on certain 

 points in connection with the close alliance that exists 

 between the different kingdoms of Nature ; and it is they 

 who have taught us lessons that have hitherto been 

 vague, shadowy, and undreamt of in our philosophy. 

 And if we are in any way desirous of learning more, or 

 of seeking further truths, we must be more than keen 

 observers. We must do as they did, and make it the 

 study of a lifetime ; and not only a study, but a devotion. 

 Not only must we dip below the mere surface, but 

 plunge headlong into it, diving into its deepest depths. 

 Like Byron, we must love not man the less but Nature 

 more. And to this we must add genius. 



And what is genius, after all, but a patient, per- 

 sistent perseverance, a dogged, determined application 

 that will neither give way nor give in, that will not 

 acknowledge defeat ; a perseverance and application, 

 combined with a certain clearness of intellect and a 

 length, breadth, depth of mental vision that is tele- 

 scopic and yet microscopic in its range and compass 

 a vision that not only grasps an object at first sight, 

 but retains the impression for good and aye on the 

 retina of the mind : in two words, a vision that is keen 

 and retentive ? 



That there is an electrical affinity between man and Affinity 

 man, which springs from some secret source of hidden man and 

 spiritualism as yet unknown to us, which eternity 

 alone will discover and unravel, I have a strong 



