The Nuptial Flight 
these enormous receptacles being gorged on 
air will throw back the lower part of the 
abdomen, and permit the exsertion of the 
organ. 
There we have the whole physiological 
secret—which will seem ordinary enough 
to some, and almost vulgar to others—of 
this dazzling pursuit and these magnificent 
nuptials. 
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“But must we always then,” the poet 
will wonder, “rejoice in regions that are 
loftier than the truth?” 
Yes, in all things, at all times, let us 
rejoice, not in regions loftier than the 
truth, for that were impossible, but in 
regions higher than the little truths that 
our eye can seize. Should a chance, a 
recollection, an illusion, a passion; in a 
word, should any motive whatever cause 
an object to reveal itself to us in a more 
beautiful light than to others, let that 
motive be first of all dear to us. It may 
only be error, perhaps; but this error will 
not prevent the moment wherein this object 
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