CHAPTER II
ON ANIMAL LIFE
If thy heart be right, then will every creature be to thee a mirror of life, and a book of holy doctrine.
Thomas à Kempis.
CHAPTER II
ON ANIMAL LIFE
There is no species of animal or plant which would not well repay, I will not say merely the study of a day, but even the devotion of a lifetime. Their form and structure, development and habits, geographical distribution, relation to other living beings, and past history, constitute an inexhaustible study.