The architecture of birds / [Anon].

  • James Rennie
Date:
[1831]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The architecture of birds / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    € # q - — from a rude to a polished style of con- struction. ‘There is nearly as much difference between the comparative beauty of the nests of a wood-pigeon American savage and a Grecian temple. But al- though the savage, in the course of ages, may attain as much civilization as would lead him to the con- struction of a new Parthenon, the wood-pigeon will continue only to make a platform of sticks to the end of time. It is evident, from a contemplation of all nature, that the. faculties of quadrupeds, birds, insects, man only are progressive. It is this distinction which enables him, agreeably to the will of his Creator, to ts fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.’ But: within their limited range the inferior animals perform their proper labours with an unwearied industry, and an unerring precision, which in the preceding pages; and they are not without moral instruction. Elevated as our minds are.in the com- from the diligence, the perseverance, and the cheerful- ness, which preside over the Architecture of Birds.
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