ABSTRACT
MARK TWAIN’S opinion of the ant 1 was that he was “a very overrated bird “: he goes so far as to say that an ant seems not to have enough sense to find his way home. Whether or no this be true, observation of the nearest colony of ants will demonstrate to anyone that his dispersed and wasteful expenditure of energy would be ill appreciated in a factory or a workshop. A far greater drawback to him as an example for mankind is that his community is based upon a slave popula- tion. The workers of the world may still obey the directions of Solomon with advantage, and become wise in the process. The following details should help them in their studies. 2
