Chapter VI Exuviation of Crustacea
(The Phenomena of Crabs, etc., Casting Their Shells.)
’As Samson at his marriage propounded a riddle to his companions to try their wits thereon, so God offereth such enigmas in Nature, partly that men may make use of their admiring as well as of their understanding; partly that philosophers may be taught their distance betwixt themselves, who are but the lovers, and God, who is the giver of wisdom.’—Introduction to Conchology, page 384.