The Life of the Bee 



enormous receptacles being gorged on air 

 will throw back the lower part of the 

 abdomen, and permit the exsertion of the 

 organ. There we have the whole physio- 

 logical secret which will seem ordinary 

 enough to some, and almost vulgar to 

 others of this dazzling pursuit and these 

 magnificent nuptials. 



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" But must we always, then," the poet 

 will wonder, " rejoice in regions that are 

 loftier than the truth ? " 



Yes, in all things, at all times, let 

 us rejoice, not in regions loftier than the 

 truth, for that were impossible, but in 

 regions higher than the little truths that 

 our eye can seize. Should a chance, a 

 recollection, an illusion, a passion, in a 

 word, should any motive whatever cause 

 an object to reveal itself to us in a more 

 beautiful light than to others, let that 

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