146 HYPOTHESIS OP THE DEVELOPMENT, ETC. 



must go to the dog for a type of the virtue of fidelity, and to 

 the bee for that of industry. The parental affection of many 

 animals is not below, if it is not considerably above, that of 

 human mothers. Man nowhere exemplifies the virtue of 

 patience in the practical perfection in which we see it in the 

 horse and many other creatures which become the slaves of 

 his convenience. Nowhere does he display that perfect mo- 

 deration in wants. Alas for man's boasted superiority in 

 how many respects does it fail beside the unassuming merits 

 of the mere commonalty of nature ! 



