The Naturalist's Library, Vol. 31

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Excerpt from The Naturalist's Library, Vol. 31: Entomology, Foreign ButterfliesFrance Was now occupied with the eventful struggle which commenced in 1756. His eldest brother had fallen in the siege of bergen-op-zoom, others of them were still in the army, and all his most cherished associations were connected with the pro fassion of arms. With so much to inspire an aver sion to seclusion and comparative inactivity, nothing could have induced him to remain at college but the authority of his father, who still enforced compliance with his wishes. That salutary restraint, however, having been removed by death, in 1760, no time was lost by young Lamarck in following his own inclinations. With nothing but a letter of recom mendation from a lady residing in the neighbourhood of his father, addressed to the colonel of a French regiment, he set out for the army, which was then in Germany. Lamarck's somewhat diminutive stature and boyish appearance, which made him lookyounger than he really was, were ill fitted to make amends for the want Of in¿uential patronage. His reception was by no means ¿attering, but nothing could daunt the zeal of the young volunteer. He joined a com pany of grenadiers, and determined to trust to fortune and his own exertions for Obtaining that rank which individuals Of his birth and education commonly acquire by other means.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.