STUDY X. 2&$. 



STUDY TENTH. 



OF SOME GENERAL LAWS OF NATURE, 



AND, FIRST, 



OF PHYSICAL LAWS. 



WE fhall divide thefe Laws into Laws phy- 

 fical, and Laws moraU We fhall firft 

 examine, in the fequel of this Volume, fome phy- 

 fical Laws common to all the Kingdoms of Na- 

 ture; and, in the following Study, (hall make the 

 application of them to plants, in conformity to the 

 Plan propofed in the commencement of this 

 Work. We Ihall, afterwards, proceed to the con- 

 iideration- of moral Laws ; and Ihall endeavour to 

 unfold in thefe, as well as in the phyjical Laws, 

 the means of diminilhing the fum of human 

 wretchednefs. 



I mud make frequent appeals to the candor of 

 my Readers. I am prefuming to open a path hi- 

 therto unattempted. I dare not flatter myfelf with 

 the belief, that my progrefs and fuccefs keep pace 



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