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journal will be accomplished. Should it do no more than 
to bring naturalists, both young and old, into an active 
“coöperation and sympathy, and promote good fellowship 
and amity between the great brotherhood of enthusiasts, 
as all true naturalists are, we shall gain a most important 
object. The value of our Magazine will depend more on 
its power to awaken the absorbing interest invariably ex- 
cited by the contemplation of nature, and of illustrating 
the wisdom and goodness of the Creator, than on any 
adornment of style, or cunning devices of the artist. 
We trust the Magazine will be equally welcome to the 
Farmer, Gardener and Artisan. We shall endeavor to 
point out the practical benefits resulting from the study 
of nature. The value of the study of the habits of insects, 
or Economic Entomology, the modes of breeding and de- 
velopment of animals and plants, and their distribution 
over the surface of the globe will be often discussed. 
This is an utilitarian age, and all the theories now float- 
ing on the sea of science, all the stray facts not yet group- 
ed in their proper places, besides the well digested facts 
which fill the treasury of knowledge, are all to be subor- 
dinated to the practical advantage as well as to the intel- 
lectual and moral elevation of man. As philosophers in 
seeking the truth for the truth’s sake, let us not forget 
that our science will be ennobled by publishing those facts 
_ and principles which interest alike the philosopher and the 
day-laborer. The farmer and grazier are as much inter- 
ested as the naturalist in all facts concerning the origin of 
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