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LIFE VERSUS SCIENCE. 
Behold, then, microscope, and scalpel, and all our instruments ex¬ 
pelled. What could we do ? The confiding animal had taken up a 
position at our fireside, and would not withdraw from it. Life had 
driven out Science. Grave study, wait! for awhile thou art adjourned. 
During the winter we respected the sleep of the chrysalis. 
