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has made use of the senseless 'love' of the Formica 

 sanguinea towards the Lomechusae and their larvae 

 to keep the propagation of the ants within due limits, 

 has made use of the same senseless 'love' of the ants 

 to prevent the excessive multiplication of the beetle. 

 Such are the mild and yet powerful measures, by 

 which a divine Wisdom is able to preserve the 

 equilibrium in nature, animal intelligence and ani- 

 mal-morality standing before such phenomena in 

 impotent perplexity. ' ' 



