life in the ocean. 
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organizatioil^riste ““ par ^ vel y rcceut formation that complex 
these the simplest foL^w* firs ^b° w ^selves, and even among 
which, as we have seeiTLh FTi! 1 *?' Animals Awards appear, 
filiations of life at first • T ? 10 Ieast h ei ' fi;ct classes. The com- 
1111 til the creation of man^wh ’ W morc ancT more complex, 
organization. an ’ W ° ma Y ' Je considered the masterpiece of 
? tbe ** a * 
greenish colour. These snots evn • ,. Cing shades of a yellowish or 
‘WA of veg^ble XST rt t — 
cnles .appear, which swim about ^ resGn % thousands of animal- 
themselves with its substance Oth 10 fl . oatm S mass<;s , nourishing 
“ « r™. which® 
iaMea *M* M «™t,™”!rz,rri™TOom' ' ir ~^ Kd “*#«■■ vege- 
» maintain, life Z aZT?' the " ““ «"> 
development to others, for a „ d ,.i f " food and 
ho metamorphoses continually occmZ! "? Mist at 
mmeml world, the rosnlt hobo ,* ° tgmi ° « i» the 
always worth, of admiX IlT r- P ” 1 la ™““y-h„- 
able, omnipotent, and ~^1 &£££“ " mehm ^ 
of the soM^l! 8 °« U^oZsnXs'ir 11 “°'d ‘ , “ m8ro ' M ftail tlw » 
txnents,” says Humboldt « the sea V . aned than we fi nd on con- 
J of -Wch no other po^n oflo ' "! f ^ *"« aa exuberance 
t expands m the north as in the south § t ™ “** idea ‘” 
be seas, above all, abound with it - in tl ’ i ^ a8 m the west, 
corresponding and 
Among these especially the natural; Ts * ° ther 8port play, 
fopher subjects for meditation ti, * Action, and the phifo- 
impress upon our mkds more and more ^.^ 8 they Underg0 onl y 
tbo Author of the universe.” sentiment of thankfulness to 
Yes, the ocean in its profoundest demh. u i • 
ai ! l '\ ^alleys, its precipices evenl 7 P ifa 
^Whshedb, innumerable orgfoseJbl* 'T“~“ “““ W “» 
***** or social, erect or drooping ,p2?„ “—?»****«* 
P g. spreading into prairies, grouped in 
