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rescuing ��as it seems to you�� one more thought of the Divine mind                           from 

Hela�察  �and   the   realms   of   the   unknown�察  �unclassified�察         �uncomprehended�拭�

As   it   seems   to   you�此   �though   in   reality   it   only    seems   so�察  �in   a   world 

wherein not a sparrow falls to the ground                unnoticed by our Father who is 

in heaven。 

     The   truth   is�察  �the   pleasure   of   finding   new   species   is   too   great�察  �it is 

morally   dangerous�察  �for   it   brings   with   it   the   temptation   to   look      on   the 

thing found as your own possession�察�all but your own                       creation�察�to pride 

yourself     on   it�察 �as  if  God    had   not   known      it  for   ages    since�察  �even    to 

squabble   jealously   for   the   right   of   having   it     named   after   you�察  �and   of 

being recorded in the Transactions of I´ know´not´what Society as its first 

discoverer�此� as if all the         angels in heaven had not been admiring it�察�long 

before you were         born or thought of。 

     But to be forewarned is to be forearmed�察�and I seriously counsel                        you 

to try if you cannot find something new this summer along the                           coast to 

which   you   are   going。       There   is   no   reason   why   you   should       not   be   so 

successful   as   a   friend   of   mine   who�察  �with   a   very   slight      smattering   of 

science�察  �and   very   desultory   research�察  �obtained   in   one         winter   from   the 



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Torbay   shores   three   entirely   new   species�察  �beside        several   rare   animals 

which had escaped all naturalists since the             lynx´eye of Colonel Montagu 

discerned them forty years ago。 

     And do not despise the creatures because they are minute。                    No doubt 

we should most of us prefer discovering monstrous apes in the                       tropical 

forests   of   Borneo�察  �or   stumbling   upon   herds   of   gigantic     Ammon   sheep 

amid the rhododendron thickets of the Himalaya�此                  �but it   cannot be�察�and 

;he is a fool�察─�says old Hesiod�察 �who knows not how                   much better half is 

than    the  whole。;     Let    us  be   content    with   what    is   within   our   reach。 

And doubt   not   that   in   these   tiny  creatures     are   mysteries   more   than   we 

shall ever fathom。 

     The zoophytes and microscopic animalcules which people every shore 

and every drop of water�察�have been now raised to a rank in the                       human 

mind more important�察�perhaps�察�than even those gigantic                    monsters whose 

models fill the lake at the Crystal Palace。            The     research which has been 

bestowed�察  �for   the   last   century�察  �upon   these    once   unnoticed   atomies   has 

well repaid itself�察�for from no branch            of physical science has more been 

learnt of the SCIENTIA            SCIENTIARUM�察�the priceless art of learning�察�

no branch of science         has more utterly confounded a wisdom of the wise�察�

shattered   to    pieces   systems   and   theories�察  �and   the   idolatry   of   arbitrary 

names�察     �and   taught   man   to   be   silent   while   his   Maker   speaks�察  �than   this 

apparent      pedantry    of   zoophytology�察     �in   which    our   old   distinctions    of 

;animal�察─      �vegetable�察─     �and   ;mineral;      are   trembling     in   the   balance�察�

seemingly ready to vanish like their fellows ´ ;the four elements;                   of fire�察�

earth�察  �air�察  �and   water。   No   branch   of   science   has   helped   so      much   to 

sweep   away   that   sensuous   idolatry  of   mere   size�察  �which       tempts   man   to 

admire and respect objects in proportion to the                number of feet or inches 

which they occupy in space。            No branch of        science�察�moreover�察�has been 

more   humbling   to   the   boasted   rapidity      and   omnipotence   of   the   human 

reason�察  �or   has   more   taught   those   who     have   eyes   to   see�察  �and   hearts   to 

understand�察�how weak and wayward�察                 �staggering and slow�察�are the steps 

of   our   fallen   race   ��rapid   and  triumphant   enough   in   that   broad   road   of 

theories   which   leads   to    intellectual   destruction��   whensoever   they   tread 

the   narrow   path   of    true   science�察  �which   leads   ��if   I   may   be   allowed   to 



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transfer   our     Lord's   great   parable   from   moral   to   intellectual   matters��   to 

Life�察    �to the living and permanent knowledge of living things and of the 

laws of their existence。         Humbling�察�truly�察�to one who looks back to                 the 

summer   of   1754�察  �when   good   Mr。   Ellis�察  �the   wise   and   benevolent         West 

Indian   merchant�察  �read   before   the   Royal   Society   his   paper        proving   the 

animal nature of corals�察�and followed it up the year                  after by that ;Essay 

toward      a  Natural     History    of  the   Corallines�察     �and    other   like   Marine 

Productions of the  British   Coasts�察─�which              forms   the  groundwork of   all 

our    knowledge       on   the   subject   to   this   day。     The    chapter    in   Dr。  G。 

Johnston's ;British Zoophytes�察─�p。 407�察              �or the excellent little RESUME 

thereof   in    Dr。  Landsborough's   book          on   the   same    subject�察  �is   really   a 

saddening   one�察  �as   one   sees   how       loth   were�察  �not   merely   dreamers   like�察�

Marsigli or Bonnet�察�but sound´ headed men like Pallas and Linne�察�to give 

up   the   old   sense´bound       fancy�察  �that   these   corals   were   vegetables�察  �and 

their    polypes    some      sort   of  living    flowers。    Yet�察   �after  all�察 �there   are 

excuses   for     them。      Without   our   improved   microscopes�察  �and   while   the 

sciences   of     comparative   anatomy   and   chemistry   were   yet   infantile�察  �it 

was     difficult to believe what was the truth�察�and for this simple                  reason�此�

that�察�as usual�察�the truth�察�when discovered�察�turned out far                   more startling 

and prodigious than the dreams which men had hastily                     substituted for it�察�

more strange than Ovid's old story that the               coral was soft under the sea�察�

and hardened by exposure to air�察�than                Marsigli's notion�察�that the coral´ 

polypes   were   its   flowers�察  �than      Dr。   Parsons'   contemptuous   denial�察  �that 

these complicated forms           could be ;the operations of little�察�poor�察�helpless�察�

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