264 CONCLUSION. 
a small scale as profitably as the specialist with all con- 
veniences at his command, yet there is ample argument 
in favor of small ventures in this direction. The gain is 
not altogether pecuniary, or in the gratification of the 
palate. To those engaged in sedentary pursuits, a chance 
for healthful exercise and diversion is often more than 
these. Beyond all these there is yet a higher good. All 
intimacy with the operations of nature has a silent but 
beneficent influence. Whatever tends to develop our 
perceptions of the wonders of creation, even as manifest 
in the mission of a tiny bee, can but cause us to “ look 
beyond these results to their Divine Author.” 
