...the poorest caterpillar, which, in the common opinion, is one of the most degraded existences on the globe, there are upwards of two thousand muscles,...the most perfect animal ; and all this is done by that insect with an equal consciousness of the manner how, as the similar voluntary actions of man...

...thousand muscles, all of which can be brought into action with as much facility, at the will of the insect, and perform their several offices with as much accuracy, promptitude, and precision, as the most perfect animal; and all this is done by that insect, with equal consciousness of the manner...

...incomprehensible energies, but that the most insignificant insect is vested with powers of a bimilar sort, he is still more confounded. A skilful naturalist...in the most perfect animal; and all this is done by that insect with un equal consciousness of the manner how, as the similar vu luntary actions of man...

...existences on earth, there are upwards of two thousand muscles, all of which can be brought into action wilh as much facility, at the will of that insect, and...with as much accuracy, promptitude, and precision, as the most perfect animal. It would be no easy matter to make some men believe that the most minute insect,...