Chapter XXI
Reading edition
The Aplysia, or Sea-Hare.
'The origin and the source of the smallest portion of the universe overpowers our comprehension. How little can the acutest senses, the profoundest judgment, the widest view, embrace! It is as nothing; it is as less than nothing. We are capable of doing no more than surveying the edifice and adoring the Architect.' Sir J. Dalyell.