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Conclusion. 
The bee and the ant reveal to us the lofty har¬ 
mony of the insect. 
Both, in their high intelligence, are of superior 
rank as artists, architects, and the like. The bee 
is more, a geometer; the ant is before all remark¬ 
able as an educator. 
The ant is frankly and strongly republican, 
having no need of a living and visible symbol of 
the community, lightly esteeming and governing 
with sufficient rudeness the soft and feeble females 
who perpetuate the race. The bee, on the other 
hand, more tender apparently, or less reasoning and 
more imaginative, finds a moral support in the wor¬ 
ship of the common mother. For her community 
of virgins it is, so to speak, a religion of love. 
Among both the ants and bees maternity is the social principle; 
but fraternity also takes root, flourishes, and springs to a glorious 
stature. 
