The Life of the Bee 
of understanding each other, and of working 
for acommon aim; and the observer there- 
fore is apt to endow them with reasons and 
intellect that they truly are far from possess- 
ing. He will pretend to account for each 
action, show a reason behind every move- 
ment; and from thence the gradation is 
easy to proclaiming them marvels, or mon- 
sters, of innumerable ideas. Whereas the 
truth is that these ten thousand individuals 
that have been produced simultaneously, that 
have lived together, and undergone meta- 
morphosis at more or less the same time, 
cannot fail all to do the same thing, and 
are compelled, however slight the sentiment 
within them, to adopt common habits, to 
live in accord and union, to busy themselves 
with their dwelling, to return to it after 
their journeys, &c. &c. And on this 
foundation arise the architecture, the geo- 
metry, the order, the foresight, love of 
country; in a word, the republic; all 
springing, as we have seen, from the admi- 
ration of the observer.” 
There we have our bees explained in a 
very different fashion. And if it seem more 
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