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

jelly´like     animals�察�and not the work of more sure vegetation�察─�than Baker 

the     microscopist's       detailed    theory    of   their   being    produced      by   the 

crystallization of the mineral salts in the sea´water�察�just as he                   had seen 

;the particles of mercury and copper in aquafortis assume                   tree´like forms�察�

or curious delineations of mosses and minute                 shrubs on slates and stones�察�

owing to the shooting of salts            intermixed with mineral particles�此─ � one 

smiles at it now�此       �yet    these men were no less sensible than we�察�and if 

we   know   better�察  �it    is   only   because   other   men�察  �and   those   few   and   far 

between�察�have        laboured amid disbelief�察�ridicule�察�and error�察�needing again 

and     again   to   retrace   their   steps�察  �and   to   unlearn   more   than   they   learnt�察�



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seeming to go backwards when they were really progressing most�此                         �and 

now we have entered into their labours�察�and find them�察�as I                 have just said�察�

more   wondrous   than   all   the   poetic   dreams   of   a     Bonnet   or   a   Darwin。 

For who�察�after all�察�to take a few broad              instances ��not to enlarge on the 

great   root´wonder   of   a   number   of      distinct   individuals   connected   by   a 

common life�察 �and   forming   a         seeming plant invariable   in   each   species���察�

would   have   dreamed   of        the   ;bizarreries;   which   these   very   zoophytes 

present in their      classification�拭�

     You   go   down   to   any   shore   after   a   gale   of   wind�察  �and   pick   up   a   few 

delicate   little   sea´ferns。    You   have   two   in   your   hand�察  �which    probably 

look to you�察�even under a good pocket magnifier�察�identical                    or nearly so。 

��1��    But you are told to your surprise�察�that however               like the dead horny 

polypidoms   which   you   hold   may   be�察  �the   two       species   of   animal   which 

have formed them are at least as far apart               in the scale of creation as a 

quadruped is from a fish。          You see in      some Musselburgh dredger's boat 

the   phosphorescent   sea´pen   ��unknown           in   England���察  �a   living   feather�察  �of 

the look and consistency of a           cock's comb�察�or the still stranger sea´rush 

��VIRGULARIA   MIRABILIS���察                 �a   spine   a   foot   long�察  �with   hundreds   of 

rosy flowerets arranged in          half´rings round it from end to end�察�and you 

are told that these      are the congeners of the great stony Venus's fan which 

hangs in      seamen's cottages�察�brought home from the West Indies。                     And 

ere you      have done wondering�察�you hear   that all three are congeners of 

the    ugly�察  �shapeless�察  �white   ;dead   man's   hand�察─  �which   you   may   pick   up 

after a storm on any shore。           You have a beautiful madrepore or               brain´ 

stone on your mantel´piece�察�brought home from some Pacific                       coral´reef。 

You are to believe that its first cousins are the             soft�察�slimy sea´anemones 

which you see expanding their living              flowers in every rock´pool ´ bags 

of sea´water�察�without a trace of          bone or stone。       You must believe it�察�for 

in science�察�as in higher        matters�察�he who will walk surely�察�must ;walk by 

faith and not by       sight。; 

     These     are   but  a   few   of   the  wonders     which     the   classification    of 

marine animals affords�察�and only drawn from one class of them�察                      �though 

almost   as   common   among   every   other   family   of   that   submarine         world 

whereof Spenser sang ´ 



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       ;Oh�察   �what    an   endless    work    have    I  in  hand�察   �To   count    the   sea's 

abundant progeny� �Whose fruitful seed far passeth those in land�察�And also 

those which won in th' azure sky�察�For much more earth to tell the stars on 

high�察  �Albe   they   endless   seem   in   estimation�察  �Than   to   recount   the   sea's 

posterity�察  �So   fertile   be   the   flouds   in   generation�察  �So   huge   their   numbers�察�

and so numberless their nation。; 

       But   these   few   examples   will   be   sufficient   to   account   both   for   the 

slow   pace   at   which   the   knowledge   of   sea´animals   has   progressed�察  �and 

for the allurement which men of the highest attainments have found�察                       �and 

still find�察�in it。    And when to this we add the marvels which                    meet us at 

every step in the anatomy and the reproduction of these                    creatures�察�and in 

the   chemical   and   mechanical   functions   which   they            fulfil   in   the   great 

economy of our planet�察�we cannot wonder at                     finding that books which 

treat of them carry with them a certain               charm of romance�察�and feed the 

play of fancy�察�and that love of the            marvellous which is inherent in man�察�

at the same time that they          lead the reader to more solemn and lofty trains 

of   thought�察  �which      can   find   their   full   satisfaction   only   in   self´forgetful 

worship�察     �and that hymn of praise which goes up ever from land and sea�察�

as    well   as   from   saints   and   martyrs   and   the   heavenly   host�察   �O   all   ye 

works of the Lord�察�and ye�察�too�察�spirits and souls of the righteous�察                    �praise 

Him�察�and magnify Him for ever� ─�

     I have said�察�that there were excuses for the old contempt of the                    study 

of Natural History。         I have said�察�too�察�it may be hoped�察            �enough to show 

that   contempt   to   be   now   ill´founded。        But   still�察  �there   are   those   who 

regard it as a mere amusement�察�and that as a                  somewhat effeminate one�察�

and think that it can at best help to           while away a leisure hour harmlessly�察�

and perhaps usefully�察�as a          substitute for coarser sports�察�or for the reading 

of novels。        Those�察�however�察�who have followed it out�察�especially on the 

sea´   shore�察  �know   better。      They   can   tell   from   experience�察  �that   over   and 

above   its   accessory   charms   of       pure   sea´breezes�察  �and      wild   rambles     by 

cliff and loch�察�the study itself has had a weighty moral effect                    upon their 

hearts   and   spirits。    There   are   those   who   can   well     understand   how   the 

good and wise John Ellis�察�amid all his              philanth
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