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the conquerors of the ocean surge。 All the world�察�since the publication
of Darwin's delightful ;Voyage of the Beagle�察�' and of Williams'
;Missionary Enterprises�察─�knows�察�or ought to know�察�enough about them�此�
for those who do not�察 �there are a few pages in the beginning of Dr。
Landsborough's ;British Zoophytes�察─�well worth perusal。
There are a few other true cellepore corals round the coast。 The
largest of all�察 �Cervicornis�察 �may be dredged a few miles outside on the
Exmouth bank�察 �with a few more Tubulipores�此 �but all tiny things�察 �the
lingering and�察 �as it were�察 �expiring remnants of that great coral´world
which�察�through the abysmal depths of past ages�察 �formed here in Britain
our limestone hills�察�storing up for generations yet unborn the materials
of agriculture and architecture。 Inexpressibly interesting�察�even solemn�察�
to those who will think�察�is the sight of those puny parasites which�察�as it
were�察 �connect the ages and the aeons�此 �yet not so solemn and full of
meaning as that tiny relic of an older world�察 �the little pear´ shaped
Turbinolia ��cousin of the Madrepores and Sea´anemones���察 �found fossil
in the Suffolk Crag�察 �and yet still lingering here and there alive in the
deep water of Scilly and the west coast of Ireland�察 �possessor of a
pedigree which dates�察�perhaps�察�from ages before the day in which it was
said�察 �Let us make man in our image�察 �after our likeness。; To think that
the whole human race�察�its joys and its sorrows�察�its virtues and its sins�察�its
aspirations and its failures�察 �has been rushing out of eternity and into
eternity again�察 �as Arjoon in the Bhagavad Gita beheld the race of men
issuing from Kreeshna's flaming mouth�察 �and swallowed up in it again�察�
;as the crowds of insects swarm into the flame�察�as the homeless streams
leap down into the ocean bed�察─�in an everlasting heart´pulse whose blood
is living souls ´ and all that while�察�and ages before that mystery began�察�
that humble coral�察�unnoticed on the dark sea´floor�察 �has been ;continuing
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as it was at the beginning�察─ �and fulfilling ;the law which cannot be
broken�察─�while races and dynasties and generations have been
;Playing such fantastic tricks before high heaven�察�As make the angels
weep。;
Yes�察�it is this vision of the awful permanence and perfection of the
natural world�察�beside the wild flux and confusion�察�the mad struggles�察�the
despairing cries of the world of spirits which man has defiled by sin�察�
which would at moments crush the naturalist's heart�察�and make his brain
swim with terror�察 �were it not that he can see by faith�察 �through all the
abysses and the ages�察�not merely
; Hands�察�From out the darkness�察�shaping man�察─�
but above them a living loving countenance�察�human and yet Divine�察�
and can hear a voice which said at first�察 �Let us make man in our
image�察─�and hath said since then�察�and says for ever and for ever�察 �Lo�察�I
am with you alway�察�even to the end of the world。;
But now�察 �friend�察 �who listenest�察 �perhaps instructed�察 �and at least
amused ´ if�察�as Professor Harvey well says�察�the simpler animals represent�察�
as in a glass�察 �the scattered organs of the higher races�察�which of your
organs is represented by that ;sca'd man's head�察─ �which the Devon
children more gracefully�察�yet with less adherence to plain likeness�察�call
;mermaid's head�察─。�12�� which we picked up just now on Paignton Sands�拭�
Or which�察�again�察�by its more beautiful little congener�察。�13�� five or six of
which are adhering tightly to the slab before us�察 �a ball covered with
delicate spines of lilac and green�察�and stuck over ��cunning fellows�。� with
stripes of dead sea´weed to serve as improvised parasols�拭 �One cannot
say that in him we have the first type of the human skull�此 �for the
resemblance�察 �quaint as it is�察 �is only sensuous and accidental�察 。�in the
logical use of that term�撮� and not homological�察�I。E。 a lower manifestation
of the same idea。 Yet how is one tempted to say�察 �that this was Nature's
first and lowest attempt at that use of hollow globes of mineral for
protecting soft fleshy parts�察 �which she afterwards developed to such
perfection in the skulls of vertebrate animals� �But even that conceit�察�
pretty as it sounds�察 �will not hold good�察 �for though Radiates similar to
these were among the earliest tenants of the abyss�察�yet as early as their
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time�察 �perhaps even before them�察�had been conceived and actualized�察�in
the sharks�察�and in Mr。 Hugh Miller's pets the old red sandstone fishes�察�
that very true vertebrate skull and brain�察�of which this is a mere mockery。
��14�� Here the whole animal�察 �with his extraordinary feeding mill�察 。�for
neither teeth nor jaws is a fit word for it�撮� is enclosed within an ever´
growing limestone castle�察�to the architecture of which the Eddystone and
the Crystal Palace are bungling heaps�察�without arms or legs�察�eyes or ears�察�
and yet capable�察 �in spite of his perpetual imprisonment�察 �of walking�察�
feeding�察�and breeding�察�doubt it not�察�merrily enough。 But this result has
been attained at the expense of a complication of structure�察 �which has
baffled all human analysis and research into final causes。 As much
concerning this most miraculous of families as is needful to be known�察�
and ten times more than you are likely to understand�察 �may be read in
Harvey's ;Sea´Side Book�察─ �pp。 142´ 148�察 � pages from which you will
probably arise with a sense of the infinity and complexity of Nature�察�
even in what we are pleased to call her ;lower; forms�察�and the simplest
and�察 �as it were�察 �easiest forms of life。 Conceive a Crystal Palace�察 。�for
mere difference in size�察 �as both the naturalist and the metaphysician
know�察�has nothing to do with the wonder�撮� whereof each separate joist�察�
girder�察 �and pane grows continually without altering the shape of the
whole�察 �and you have conceived only one of the miracles embodied in
that little sea´egg�察�which the Creator has�察�as it were�察�to justify to man His
own immutability�察�furnished with a shell capable of enduring fossil for
countless ages�察 �that we may confess Him to have been as great when
first His Spirit brooded on the deep�察�as He is now and will be through all
worlds to come。
But we must make haste�察�for the tide is rising fast�察�and our stone will
be restored to its eleven hours' bath�察 �long before we have talked over
half the wonders which it holds。 Look though�察�ere you retreat�察�at one or
two more。
What is that little brown thing whom you have just taken off the rock
to which it adhered so stoutly by his sucking´foot�拭 �A limpet�拭 �Not at
all�此 �he is of quite a different family and structure�察�but�察 �on the whole�察�a
limpet´like shell would suit him well enough�察�so he had one given him�此�
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nevertheless�察 �owing to certain anatomical