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Nature hath made nothing so base, but can read some 
instructions to the wisest men’ 
—Aleyn_ 
WOR «Bf re 
“Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank 
Important in the plan of Him who framed 
This scale of beings; holds a rank which, lost 
Would break the chain, and leave a gap 
Which Nature’s self would rue.’ 
—6homson_. 
Oe eT ee 
‘Every form of the beautiful contains the beginning and 
the end of its beauty in itself, nor has praise any part in it 
whatsoever’ 
“Traverse therefore this little moment of time at peace with 
Nature and reach thy journey’s end in all content.’ 
—eNarcus Aurelius 
