Next, he studies the organization of the ant, [147]
He describes what he saw, [148]
A complex apparatus, both for action and defence, [150]
What it is which separates us from the insect, [151]
CHAPTER III.—THE INSECT AS THE AGENT OF NATURE IN THE ACCELERATION OF DEATH AND LIFE.
The language of the insect in its immense energy, [155]
A glance is directed at the order of Nature, [156]
And it is shown that all forms of life must be kept within certain limits, [156]
Hence, one race preys upon another, and all Nature is a scene of incessant combat, [157]
In this work of destruction, and purification, the Bird and the Insect play an important part, [158]