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science. The reproof was justified so long as zoology 

 only described or classified. But these are the very least 

 parts of its role. It is capable of much higher flights. 

 Observation proposes the problem. It is solved, if it is 

 capable of being solved, by experiment. In my modest 

 sphere I should have deprived myself of the most power- 

 ful aid to study if I had neglected experiment. And in 

 its modest outlook entomology has given its share of 

 proofs. ' ' 



