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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
many, and whose province it is to 
take in the whole, and exhibit their 
practical result, will be regarded as 
the principal discoverer. Conse- 
quently all are anxious to occupy 
this position. The question is, 
whether many of us do not gather 
hastily together a mass of unfi- 
nished work, and instead of labour- 
ing to complete even one small 
fragment, attempt, out of the 
whole, to make a watch that will go 
We cannot help thinking it pos- 
sible that some entomologists who 
study insects of all orders somewhat 
resemble the watchmaker alluded 
to above. It may be that some 
may have taken up this broad system 
of work under the impression that 
each part is ready, and tliattheir labour 
on a fragment would be thrown 
away. Surely such, if there be any, 
are mistaken. We cannot think 
that entomology is in so advanced a 
state that the call should be for 
generalizes. We canuot think that 
the wheels are all ready for the 
watch. While the “ Annual ” every 
year contains long lists of new 
Btitish insects, and discoveries of 
species previously unknown to occur 
in Great Britain, are so constantly 
being made, that we scarcely know 
from day to day what the British 
list contains, we cannot help think- 
ing that the most solid advantage 
to science is gained from the labours 
of those who work persever- 
ingly at one piece of work, of 
dimensions so small as to put a 
thoroughly efficient result within 
their power. To all young entomo- 
logists this particularly applies. In 
choosing your work, don’t fall into 
the error described above, and don’t 
make up your mind that you cannot 
be happy unless working in a crowd ; 
but work where you are most needed, 
even though you work alone. 
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