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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
·
Charles Kingsley
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Microscopy,
meanwhile,
and
the
whole
study
of
“The
Wonders
of
the
Little,”
have
made
vast
strides
in
the
last
twenty
years;
and
I
was
equally
surprised
and
pleased,
to
find,
three
years
ago,
in
each
of
two
towns
of
a
few
thousand
inhabitants,
perhaps
a
dozen
good
microscopes,
all
but
hidden
away
from
the
public,
worked
by
men
who
knew
how
to
handle
them,
and
who
knew
what
they
were
looking
at;
but
who
modestly
refrained
from
telling
anybody
what
they
were
doing
so
well.
And
it
was
this
very
discovery
of
unsuspected
microscopists
which
made
me
more
desirous
than
ever
to
see—
as
I
see
now
in
many
places—
scientific
societies,
by
means
of
which
the
few,
who
otherwise
would
work
apart,
may
communicate
their
knowledge
to
each
other,
and
to
the
many.
These
“Microscopic,”
“Naturalist,”
“Geological,”
or
other
societies,
and
the
“Field
Clubs”
for
excursions
into
the
country,
which
are
usually
connected
with
them,
form
a
most
pleasant
and
hopeful
new
feature
in
English
Society;
bringing
together,
as
they
do,
almost
all
ranks,
all
shades
of
opinion;
and
it
has
given
me
deep
pleasure
to
see,
in
the
case
at
least
of
the
Country
Clubs
with
which
I
am
acquainted,
the
clergy
of
the
Church
of
England
taking
an
active,
and
often
a
leading,
interest
in
their
practical
work.
The
town
clergy
are,
for
the
most
part,
too
utterly
overworked
to
follow
the
example
of
their
country
brethren.
But
I
have
reason
to
know
that
they
regard
such
societies,
and
Natural
History
in
general,
with
no
unfriendly
eyes;
and
that
there
is
less
fear
than
ever
that
the
clergy
of
the
Church
of
England
should
have
to
relinquish
their
ancient
boast—
that
since
the
formation
of
the
Royal
Society
in
the
seventeenth
century,
they
have
done
more
for
sound
physical
science
than
any
other
priesthood
or
ministry
in
the
world.
Let
me
advise
anyone
who
may
do
me
the
honour
of
reading
these
pages,
to
discover
whether
such
a
Club
or
Society
exists
in
his
neighbourhood,
and
to
join
it
forthwith,
certain
that—
if
his
experience
be
at
all
like
mine—
he
will
gain
most
pleasant
information
and
most
pleasant
acquaintances,
and
pass
most
pleasant
days
and
evenings,
among
people
whom
he
will
be
glad
to
know,
and
whom
he
never
would
have
known
save
for
the
new—
and
now,
I
hope,
rapidly
spreading—
freemasonry
of
Natural
History.
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