The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-04


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VINO 20 on obs,,na,cIv us,ng ,he common
outlet. to die out and should have re-.
placed them. down to the very last one,
by the stawart driilers Of side openings.
There Is an opportunity here FOR I'M
mcnsc progress; the insect Is on the verge
VI anu u uh"p,e 10 r'V's ''e "a.'o ',,
,,.'. a.. ,ns,1 S 90, ,,,o,,r,
,,aro ho ,o,, s,cccssos Tho failures OK.
coed them in n very largo measure. the
race OF the strong has not abolished the
race OF the weak; It remains inferior In
numbers. as doubtless 1t has been since
all time.
The law Of natural selection impresse'
me with the rastness OF It's scope nut
whenever Try TO Apply u 10 actus' ,a.,s'
caves n.e VIM ""s :" ",,,'o. =,
:" n,a,,.oor, in ,honry I'm, I, il mere
Gas bnlble in the face of existing condi-
lions. 1t is majestic but sterile. Then
where is the answer to the riddle Of the
world? VINO knows who VIII ever
know
VIVA, of that other riddle. instinct
aud ro,so,o The bce that will not
In ,,rc A., coc,op tha, holds n live lnrya
viii das,rnv n do,d ono. will even "rc-
moi,.o,osslv,. appihil,tc one. placcd in
tho nos, by tho expcrimcntcr. of some
o,hor snocics than its own. What
makes p.Ion.nus the mason WASH.
"n,astcr IN tho .not IN tho wall where
tho most which / have removed used
tn stand? What makes bor provide
food In a coll from which hcr egg has
been taken. and faithfully" seal n cell
from which tho ip,rudinp s,rceps has
taken both tho germ and It's commits
saryp Js she "A machine and nothing
moro? NJ Fabre's answer il thai two
worry d,f.eren, domains mus, be dis,ip.
finished in insect OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and. somewhere between that and rea-
son. the mower of discernment "This
faculty T., nerfec, az i,s kind from tho
outset. time add. nothing tn II and
,a,.os ro,hip,, ,ro,, !, such "a q, v,a.
for n definite ,nac,e,s s,ch i, Is today,
and such It will remain; perhaps the
most settled zonlopIcoI charocteristi ,
of tbemaIl IT is NOT free nor conscious
I in its practice. any more than Is the
faculty of the stomach for digestion or
Of the heart for pulsation. The phases
OF its operation are predetermined
necessarily entailed one by another:
| they suggest a rystem of clockwork
wherein one wheel set in motion brings
| about the movement of tho next /.
/ Pure instinct. II il stood alone. would
I leave tho insect unarmad IN tho nor.
petual conflict Of circumst,,ces - .
] 4 guide Is needed IA Sex ,,c.n, ro-
L
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a worry NANTES, 1o,-,aa =, - ~ ~.
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| "''" '''"' Is "oou' all
- instinct that !eads the mason
wasp 10 pullu Hcr ceiis with earth
! soi' anu pIaStlc, with mud. SHE will
never copy the mason bee and make
| mortar out o! dry dust. Instinct loads
her to hiding place under n stonc
| To give her ncst tl,c ,..c,,..,,,. .i,,,t,'.
',pnins, rain. li.,.,.,,,,,,,,
ia ,al., a,I,.,,,,a,, 80 ,,,, ~
-, 49,, .', va 81" "''te' S't's
"a ,p'''''S u houses better
,"s'a"Se II III the selection OF food.
instinct is the doctor that prescribes
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