THE SWARM 



traction of pleasure, and the fear of 

 suiierinj : and what we call our intellect 

 has the same ori^qn and mission as what 

 in animals v/e choose to term instinct. 

 We do certain things, whose results we 

 conceive to be known to us: other things 

 happen, and we flatter ourselves that v.-e 

 are better equipped than animals can be 

 to divine their cause : but, apart from 

 the fact that this supposition rests on no 

 vers* solid foundation, events of this 

 nature are rare and intlnitesimal, compared 

 with the vast mass of others that elude 

 comprehension : and all, the prettiest and 

 most sublime, the best known and the 

 most inexplicable, the nearest and most 

 distant, come to pass in a night so 

 profound that our blindness may v/ell 



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