The servants of the stomach / by Jean Macé.

  • Macé, Jean, 1815-1894.
Date:
1868
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Credit: The servants of the stomach / by Jean Macé. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tion with amusement, to awaken in a child’s mind a thirst for information, a love for subjects worthy of study, and who teach them that the servants of our ma¬ terial body do not merely minister to our animal wants, but also to the cultivation of the intellect, and to the gratification of the perception of beauty. The study of the works of the Creator is as elevating as it is delightful, for the more deeply we accustom our¬ selves to search into the wonders around us, the more clearly we discover the wisdom which is displayed even in the lowest forms of creation. “ Search out the wisdom of nature, there is a depth in all her doings ; Oh, frozen is thy heart if it glow not with gratitude for all things ; In the perfect circle of creation not an atom could be spared, From earth’s magnetic zone to the bindweed round a hawthorn.” Like Mrs. Gatty, I also am greatly indebted to an able medical friend, who not only first suggested my undertaking the translation of “ Les Serviteurs,” but with an accurate knowledge of both languages, materially assisted me by his révisai of the MS. Any success my little book may obtain will therefore in great part be due to him, as without his aid these pages would never have been sent to press.