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Ev\?ni- et^taüblislwd Äcl in uiiturv?, howovor ins^^BiftMiiit 

 it mj*y $^^m, is of uu^x^rtiuKV. Tv^v^ky, äj< weil as-i tifty 

 ywun* aigiH onifr mi^t ir ^ ^ -• ^ - ,- ^ -tliüto ploasuiv 

 m tuniu^ firointiie tiiv- - ot* activity to 



m coatfunplutioii of nttluiv^s maneU. Aud hoixnu lu>i^ the 

 Tt>o- ^^s*t «Himntv K^twtvu tho Sivu^ty ot* Xatui-ul Ui^^- 

 tory ti-fty \->?tuf!? a^> aiid ^iiuiUr iiii^t.K'btioa^ ot' t«.v-<LHy . Tho 

 work dou^ by thes^ sooietio^ iu p«,5it tiiuoti i$ iiow ivlogHttxl 

 to the iiidividiial ctu>* ot" th*.x<o who wijih t*or ä ivUof trvun tho 

 stednof biisinoÄSÄCtivitioc*. Uogarth, iu a lotter to KUi?i, 

 poitmys very woU tho spirit thsit aiüiUsHtod uiauy ot' tho 

 wurkfNTS of tho p«*;^, &s oxprojj^Hl in tho prot'ntory pag\>s> 

 of tkeir work^. Ho ^y$ : '^ As t*or your pix^tty Uttlo 

 s«^d-ettps« or vac?o^, thoy aro a 5>woot ci>utiriuatiou ot' tho 

 pl»i;sur^ XAtiiro !>ooius to tako iu su[>omdduig a.u olo^rnui^v 

 of Ibim to iuoc«t of hör works, whorovor you tiud thoiu, 

 How poor Äöd bungling ' ' ^ t' art ! 



When I havo tho ploasuro . - \, \ viU ^it 



down — nay. kuool do>\-n if you will — tiiid admii\> thoso 

 tbing^." Tho s^xnotioj? of ti>-day, if thoy aro to l>o of 

 any itso. must bo oai\xi for by tmiuoil aud ^lariod «^po^*- 

 ialistii. In ^xii^t tiiuos a fow gouial aud ploa;>iiut ^voplo 

 saiintorovl loisiiroly thrv>iurh tho oabiuots aud adiuiriugly 

 examinod tho grtiot?l\d shoU or ourious foc^sil. Xow thou- 

 ssukU of ea^r and oritioal studout^s thivug thi\>ugh tho 

 same halU, huuirry ft)r tho improj>i>ivo loj^son* that groot 

 thom froui ovory oaj>o. 



Thrv.>iigh tho all-ombraoiug do<"triuos ot' ovolutiou, uiau 

 has awakouod to tho vivid roalizatiou that ho is part aud 

 paroel of tho doiuaiu of uaturo, whioh ho had horotoforo 

 sludied as a mattor ap^irt aud l>ouoath hiiu. Tho roaluis 

 of thooght oj>ouov.i by Darwin show how iutiuiatoly ho is 

 coonoctod with tho aniuials bolow him, and that s^omohow 

 his welßire, moral and phys^ical, is to bo atfootod by a 



