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portentum atque monstrum, and immanitate below : cf. § 38 ; esse aliquem; esse, not aliquem, has the emphasis ; that there should exist a creature.

propter quos : see § 16, note.

educatio : cf. de Fin. 2. 62, etiam in bestiis vis naturae perspici potest ; quarum in fetu et in educatione, laborem cum cernimus, naturae ipsius vocem videmur audire.

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