LOVE AND DEATH. 
Above the infinite elementary life,—that quasi- 
vegetable life in which generation is but, as it were, 
a-budding,—begins the distinct, individual, and 
complete organism whose strongly centralized 
electric network of nerves is able to sympathize 
directly with the rapid energy of its acts and re¬ 
solutions. 
However humble the insect may seem in appear¬ 
ance, it is from the first independent of the immov¬ 
able, expectant existence of all the inferior races. 
It is born entirely free from that communistic 
fatalism which merges the being of each in the life 
of all. It exists independently; it moves, goes, 
comes, advances or returns, changes its determina¬ 
tion or its direction at pleasure, or in obedience 
to its wants, appetites, and caprices. It suffices 
for itself; it foresees, provides, defends, and boldly confronts the most 
unexpected chances. 
