...shouting." Less sublime, though not less apropos, is Stillingfleet's description of him : — " He holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of heings ; holds a rank — which lost, Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which nature-s...

...mammals, on the other, till we finish with the most exalted example of animated nature ! •' Each mose, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank Important...rank, which lost, "Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap, Which Nature's self would rue.'* Yes! " All nature is but art unknown to thee— All...

...believe it to be universal. ' Each shell, each crawling insect holds a rank Important in the scale of Him who framed This scale of beings ; holds a rank,...which lost, Would break the chain, and leave a gap behind, Which nature's self would rue.' It is not possible to say at what depth in the ocean animal...

...on high shed down Their kindly influence ; not these alone, Which strike even eyes inciirious. but each mosS, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds...rank, which, lost, Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue." This Mouse-ear Chickweed bears small white Bowers throughout...

...shed down Their kindly influence ; not these alone, Which strike even eyes incurious, but each inoss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank Important...rank, which, lost, Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue." This Mouse-ear Chickweed bears small white flowers throughout...

...utmost admiration. Indeed, in all creation, nothing is more full of interest than thejnsect tribe. " Each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect holds a rank Important in the plan of HIM who fram'd This scale of beings ; holds a rank, which, lost, Would break the chain, and leave a gap, That...

...strike, — Tenth or ten thousandth, — breaks the chain alike.' and, again, from Stillingfleet : — Each shell, each crawling insect holds a rank Important in the plan of Him, who fram'd This scale of beings ; holds a rank, which lost, Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap...

...scale of vegetable life, this group of plants, humble and insignificant though it appear to be,— " Holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who framed...rank which, lost, Would break the chain and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue ;"— that Lichens are of infinite importance as handmaids...

...thus passed through the history of Silver-shell ; but we should like yet to dwell on the fact that " Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who fram'd This scale of beings ; holds a rank, which lost, Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap...

...nothing useless, nothing trifling, nothing superfluous, in Nature."* The smallest thing in existence " Holds a rank which, lost, Would break the chain, and leave a gap behind Which Nature's self would rue." But come, dear readers, prepare yourselves for a ramble by the...