FABLE OF THE BEES
\fˈe͡ɪbə͡l ɒvðə bˈiːz], \fˈeɪbəl ɒvðə bˈiːz], \f_ˈeɪ_b_əl ɒ_v_ð_ə b_ˈiː_z]\
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or Private Vices made Public Benefits. A poem by Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733). An attempt to show that human passions and evil tendencies work unconsciously towards the welfare of society, which, as at present constituted, is inconceivable without them. He was opposed by Bishop Berkeley.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
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