. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. The Sacred Beetle and Others the Grasshopper's faint stridulation, which to me remains silence. He lends me his sight and hearing; and I, in exchange, pre- sent him with ideas, which he receives atten- tively, raising wide, blue, questioning eyes to mine. Oh, an adorable thing is . £ first blossoming of the intellect; what a beautiful age is that when innocent curiosity awakens, enquiring into all things! So little Paul has his own vivarium, in which the Sacred Beetle makes pears for him; his own little garden, no larg
. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. The Sacred Beetle and Others the Grasshopper's faint stridulation, which to me remains silence. He lends me his sight and hearing; and I, in exchange, pre- sent him with ideas, which he receives atten- tively, raising wide, blue, questioning eyes to mine. Oh, an adorable thing is . £ first blossoming of the intellect; what a beautiful age is that when innocent curiosity awakens, enquiring into all things! So little Paul has his own vivarium, in which the Sacred Beetle makes pears for him; his own little garden, no larger than a pocket-handkerchief, where he grows beans, often digging them up to see If the tiny roots are growing longer; his forest plantation, in which stand four oaks a hand's-breadth high, still furnished on one side with the twin-breasted acorn that feeds them. It all makes a welcome change from dry grammar, which gets on none the worse for it. What beautiful and delightful things natural history could put Into children's heads if science would but stoop to charm the young; if our barracks of colleges would but add the living study of the fields to the life- less study of books; if the red tape of the curriculum beloved by bureaucrats did not strangle any eager Initiative! Little Paul, 342 li- â V. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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