The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one of the most important branches of Biological science. — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share Image
I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of letters, parcels… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English,… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly do all… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation,… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one of the… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
Their elegant shape, showy colors, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger. — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to fill the human heart… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share
