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152 are formed to see those parts which we cannot discover without glasses, as considerable as men and women do to each other; and to creatures of the dimensions of a mite, one of the size of an ant doubtless looks formidable and gigantic. I therefore think it but justice to view insects with microscopic eyes before we do anything to them that is likely to give them pain, or to destroy their works unnecessarily."

During this conversation Frederick kept running about, making choice of flowers, which Betsy Wilson formed into nosegays for his mamma, his sister, and himself.