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minutes, and, finding the effort useless, sinks into 

 inanity, but a steady, persevering industry, having an 

 object in view, and trying by all means to attain it. 

 Now, I suppose that many of my readers are working 

 men, who have taken up the study of Entomology as 

 a relaxation after the severer toils of life but shall it 

 be a relaxation only a mere toy ? Is not the study 

 of the works of nature the tangible evidences of a 

 good and great Creator deserving of a higher posi- 

 tion than that of a mere toy ? I think so ; and in order 

 to study them aright we must bring our heart to the 

 work, determining that whatever we accomplish we 

 may accomplish well ; and in order to do this we must 

 do all things in their, appointed time, not leaving that 

 till to-morrow that ought to be done to-day, or doing 

 that in the night to which the hours of the day ought 

 to be legitimately devoted ; thus neglecting our busi- 

 ness, on the successful prosecution of which our worldly 

 comfort hangs. I will relate an anecdote in point. 



Samuel Drew, M.A., was born of poor parents, in 

 the parish of St. Austell, Cornwall, March 3rd, 1765, 

 and at the age of ten years was apprenticed to a shoe- 

 maker at St. Blazey. The following trifling circum- 

 stance laid the foundation of his future greatness. He 

 says : " When I began business I was a great poli- 

 tician. My master's shop had been a chosen place for 

 political discussion, and there, I suppose, I acquired 

 my fondness for such debates. For the first year I 

 had too much to do, and to think about, to indulge 

 my propensity for politics, but after getting a little 

 a-head in the world I began to dip into those matters 

 again 5 very soon I entered into newspaper arguments 



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