Montaigne's "of cannibals" all our efforts cannot even succeed in reproducing the nest of the tiniest little bird, its contexture, its beauty and convenience; or even the web of the puny spider. all things, says plato, are produced by nature, by fortune, or by art; the greatest and most beautiful by one or the other of the first two, the least and most imperfect by the last. in the context of this excerpt, convenience most nearly means a. handiness b. closeness c. suitability of form d. ease of access