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"Omnes res creatse sunt divinse sapientiae et potentifB testes, divitise felicitatu 

 huinanse: — ex barum usu honitas Creatoris; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini ; 

 ex CECOnomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia majestatis 

 elucet. Earutn itaque indagatio ab boniinibus sibi relictis semper sestimata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linnaeus. 



"Quel que soit le principe de la Tie animale, il ne faut qu'ouvrir les yeux pour 

 voir qu'elle est le cbef-d'oeuvre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Brucknek, Thiorie du Si/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their decfpest dells 



The Dryads come, and tlirow their garlands ■wild 



And odorous branches at our feet; the Nymphs 



That 2?fess with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heath-ilower come not empty-handed. 



But scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavern deep : the Naiads too 



Quit their loved native stream, from whose smooth face 



They crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide: the frozen poles, 



Wliere peril waits the bold adventurer's tread. 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



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