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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
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Charles Kingsley
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I
have
said,
that
there
were
excuses
for
the
old
contempt
of
the
study
of
Natural
History.
I
have
said,
too,
it
may
be
hoped,
enough
to
show
that
contempt
to
be
now
ill-founded.
But
still,
there
are
those
who
regard
it
as
a
mere
amusement,
and
that
as
a
somewhat
effeminate
one;
and
think
that
it
can
at
best
help
to
while
away
a
leisure
hour
harmlessly,
and
perhaps
usefully,
as
a
substitute
for
coarser
sports,
or
for
the
reading
of
novels.
Those,
however,
who
have
followed
it
out,
especially
on
the
sea-shore,
know
better.
They
can
tell
from
experience,
that
over
and
above
its
accessory
charms
of
pure
sea-breezes,
and
wild
rambles
by
cliff
and
loch,
the
study
itself
has
had
a
weighty
moral
effect
upon
their
hearts
and
spirits.
There
are
those
who
can
well
understand
how
the
good
and
wise
John
Ellis,
amid
all
his
philanthropic
labours
for
the
good
of
the
West
Indies,
while
he
was
spending
his
intellect
and
fortune
in
introducing
into
our
tropic
settlements
the
bread-fruit,
the
mangosteen,
and
every
plant
and
seed
which
he
hoped
might
be
useful
for
medicine,
agriculture,
and
commerce,
could
yet
feel
himself
justified
in
devoting
large
portions
of
his
ever
well-spent
time
to
the
fighting
the
battle
of
the
corallines
against
Parsons
and
the
rest,
and
even
in
measuring
pens
with
Linné,
the
prince
of
naturalists.
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