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laws of Nature, as seen in one or 
other of the developments of typi- 
cal forms, is open to all men, and 
in every development equally effi- 
cacious in its results upon the in- 
dividual, the benefit being in pro- 
portion to the time and attention 
bestowed. Well is it that it is so ; 
all tastes are not alike, and no 
man has the time to work up any 
of the great kingdoms of organic 
or inorganic matter. Every one 
must make his selection ; and we 
would especially call attention to 
the insect race, as a world of won- 
ders accessible to all, requiring no 
expensive apparatus, and no vast 
outlay in books, and on these ac- 
counts especially available for 
working men. Would that we 
could win some of the intellect 
daily exhibited by this class in 
their business, to the study of in- 
sect life in their leisure hours ! 
Sure we are that even were tlie 
individuals never to become scien- 
tific entomologists, although they 
were eventually only “ mere smat- 
terers,” they would be happier and 
better men. We are sure of this 
because we know that all men 
must and will have reci’eation, 
and that a change of employment, 
such as the study of insect life 
affords, would give them that re- 
creation without the debasing 
consequences attending the means 
usually used to obtain it. Not 
that wc would extol Entomology 
as the renovator of the human 
race : no, we take it in conjunc- 
tion with other science, art and 
literature, as a means for deve- 
loping the faculties of men, show- 
ing what position and proportion 
insects bear in and to the whole 
creation, and thus help to extend 
mens perception of the scheme of 
Nature in which both insects and 
men play perhaps an equally im- 
portant part. And it may be that 
an acquaintance with the wonders 
ill insect life which human intelli- 
gence cannot comprehend, may 
suggest to these students how rea- 
sonable it is to believe that they 
themselves are problems that must 
wait for their solution until they 
attain a further development in 
another stage of existence. 
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