The Life of the Bee 



vidual existence attainable for us on this 

 mute and impenetrable surface, even as 

 the flight of the condor, the song of the 

 nightingale, reveal to them the highest 

 degree of existence their species allows. 

 But the evocation of this feeble cry, when- 

 ever opportunity oflfers, is none the less 

 one of our most unmistakable duties ; nor 

 should we let ourselves be discouraged by 

 its apparent futility. 



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