The Hunting Wasps 



larvae. Far from seeing the least sign of 

 reason in this, I look upon it as a mere act of 

 instinct, one so elementary that it is really not 

 worth expatiating upon. 



To disparage man and exalt animals in 

 order to establish a point of contact, followed 

 by a point of union, has been and still is the 

 general tendency of the " advanced theories " 

 in fashion in our day. Ah, how often are 

 these " sublime theories," that morbid craze 

 of the time, based upon " proofs " which, if 

 subjected to the light of experiment, would 

 lead to as ridiculous results as the learned 

 Erasmus Darwin's Sphex! 



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