10 GLAUCUS; OE, 



were siicli as would raise up men to figlit liim ; so 

 the coarse, fierce, liard-handecl training of our grand- 

 fathers came when it was wanted, and did the work 

 which was required of it, else we had not been here 

 now. Let us be thankful that we have had leisure 

 for science ; and show now in war that our science 

 has at least not unmanned us. 



Moreover, N'atural History, if not fifty years ago, 

 certainly a hundred years ago, was hardly worthy 

 of men of practical common sense. After, indeed, 

 Linne, by his invention of generic and specific 

 names, had made classification possible, and by his 

 own enormous labours had shown how much could 

 be done when once a method was established, the 

 science has grown rapidly enough. But before him 

 little or nothing had been put into form definite 

 enough to allure those who (as the many always 

 will) prefer to profit by others' discoveries, than to 

 discover for themselves ; and Natural History was 

 attractive only to a few earnest seekers, who found 

 too much trouble in disencumbering their own 

 minds of the dreams of bygone generations (whether 



