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salary�察 �were you not a little puzzled to make out what spell there could
be in those ;useless; moths�察�to draw out of his warm bed�察�twenty miles
down the Eastern Counties Railway�察�and into the damp forest like a deer´
stealer�察�a sober white´headed Tim Linkinwater like him�察�your very best
man of business�察�given to the reading of Scotch political economy�察�and
gifted with peculiarly clear notions on the currency question�拭�
It is puzzling�察 �truly。 I shall be very glad if these pages help you
somewhat toward solving the puzzle。
We shall agree at least that the study of Natural History has become
now´a´days an honourable one。 A Cromarty stonemason was till lately
´ God rest his noble soul� � the most important man in the City of
Edinburgh�察 �by dint of a work on fossil fishes�察 �and the successful
investigator of the minutest animals takes place unquestioned among
men of genius�察�and�察�like the philosopher of old Greece�察�is considered�察�by
virtue of his science�察�fit company for dukes and princes。 Nay�察�the study
is now more than honourable�察�it is ��what to many readers will be a far
higher recommendation�� even fashionable。 Every well´educated
person is eager to know something at least of the wonderful organic
forms which surround him in every sunbeam and every pebble�察 �and
books of Natural History are finding their way more and more into
drawing´rooms and school´rooms�察 �and exciting greater thirst for a
knowledge which�察 �even twenty years ago�察 �was considered superfluous
for all but the professional student。
What a change from the temper of two generations since�察 �when the
naturalist was looked on as a harmless enthusiast�察 �who went ;bug´
hunting�察─�simply because he had not spirit to follow a fox� �There are
those alive who can recollect an amiable man being literally bullied out
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of the New Forest�察 �because he dared to make a collection ��at this
moment�察�we believe�察�in some unknown abyss of that great Avernus�察�the
British Museum�� of fossil shells from those very Hordwell Cliffs�察 �for
exploring which there is now established a society of subscribers and
correspondents。 They can remember�察 �too�察 �when�察 �on the first
appearance of Bewick's ;British Birds�察─ �the excellent sportsman who
brought it down to the Forest was asked�察 �Why on earth he had bought a
book about ;cock sparrows;�拭�and had to justify himself again and again�察�
simply by lending the book to his brother sportsmen�察�to convince them
that there were rather more than a dozen sorts of birds ��as they then held��
indigenous to Hampshire。 But the book�察�perhaps�察�which turned the tide
in favour of Natural History�察 �among the higher classes at least�察 �in the
south of England�察 �was White's ;History of Selborne。; A Hampshire
gentleman and sportsman�察�whom everybody knew�察�had taken the trouble
to write a book about the birds and the weeds in his own parish�察 �and the
every´day things which went on under his eyes�察 �and everyone else's。
And all gentlemen�察 �from the Weald of Kent to the Vale of Blackmore�察�
shrugged their shoulders mysteriously�察�and said�察 �Poor fellow� ─�till they
opened the book itself�察�and discovered to their surprise that it read like
any novel。 And then came a burst of confused�察�but honest admiration�察�
from the young squire's ;Bless me� �who would have thought that there
were so many wonderful things to be seen in one's own park� ─�to the old
squire's more morally valuable ;Bless me� �why�察�I have seen that and that
a hundred times�察 �and never thought till now how wonderful they were� ─�
There were great excuses�察 �though�察�of old�察�for the contempt in which
the naturalist was held�察�great excuses for the pitying tone of banter with
which the Spectator talks of ;the ingenious; Don Saltero ��as no doubt
the Neapolitan gentleman talked of Ferrante Imperato the apothecary�察�
and his museum���察 �great excuses for Voltaire�察 �when he classes the
collection of butterflies among the other ;bizarreries de l'esprit humain。;
For�察�in the last generation�察�the needs of the world were different。 It had
no time for butterflies and fossils。 While Buonaparte was hovering on
the Boulogne coast�察 �the pursuits and the education which were needed
were such as would raise up men to fight him�察 �so the coarse�察�fierce�察�
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hard´handed training of our grandfathers came when it was wanted�察�and
did the work which was required of it�察�else we had not been here now。
Let us be thankful that we have had leisure for science�察�and show now in
war that our science has at least not unmanned us。
Moreover�察�Natural History�察�if not fifty years ago�察�certainly a hundred
years ago�察�was hardly worthy of men of practical common sense。 After�察�
indeed�察�Linne�察�by his invention of generic and specific names�察�had made
classification possible�察 �and by his own enormous labours had shown
how much could be done when once a method was established�察 �the
science has grown rapidly enough。 But before him little or nothing had
been put into form definite enough to allure those who ��as the many
always will�� prefer to profit by others' discoveries�察�than to discover for
themselves�察 �and Natural History was attractive only to a few earnest
seekers�察�who found too much trouble in disencumbering their own minds
of the dreams of bygone generations ��whether facts�察 �like cockatrices�察�
basilisks�察 �and krakens�察 �
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