The Life of the Bee 
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 physio- 
logical 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, — ina 
word, should any motive whatever cause 
an object to reveal itself to us in a more 
beautiful light than to others, let that 
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