AFFECTION OF INSECTS FOR THEIR YOUNG. 321 



moment it has seen the light differs from that of an insect 

 for its progeny. The affection of both is purely physical, and 

 in each case springs from sensations interwoven by the Creator 

 in the constitution of his creatures. If the parental love of 

 the former is worthy of our tenderest sympathies, that of 

 the latter cannot be undeserving of some portion of similar 

 feeling. 



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