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PASSIONAL ZOOLOGY, 
the word of Christ, in the gospel according to St. Luke, chapter 
ix., verse 58; St. Matthew, chapter viii., verse 19: “The foxes 
have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man 
hath not where to lay His head.^^ 
Thus spoke the Christ to the powerful of the earth eighteen cen- 
turies ago, reproaching ancient society with its selfishness and its 
inhumanity. Since this time the liberating word of the Son of 
God has spread over the world, and the doctrine of Christian char- 
ity has lacked neither disciples nor martyrs ; but vainly these 
apostles have preached justice, equality, and the love of the neigh- 
bor in every part of the globe. 
The foxes have still in winter their warm fur and shelter, the 
birds of the air have their nests, but the son of man alone — the 
poor day laborer — has not where to lay his head. 
I have taken the liberty to place at the end of this work the author’s 
charming introduction, in conformity to the general law of movement which 
will have practice precede theory ; and because, though it is perfectly in- 
telligible and fascinating to me and a few others who have already been 
behind the curtain and got a peep at the pictures, it seems expedient to 
prepare the general mind for the principles of analogy by first exhibiting 
them concrete in those animals of which the work professedly treats. A 
much greater liberty is to have suppressed several pages which I have 
translated elsewhere. — T r. 
