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refufed to the corn-plant and the vine the power 

 of yielding their fruits at all feafons of the year, 

 has beftowed on the flour of the one, and on the 

 wine of the other, the quality of being prefervable 

 for ages. 



All the Laws of Nature have a refpedl to our 

 neceflities; not only thofe which are evidently 

 contrived to minifter to our comfort ; but others 

 frequently concur to this end fo much the better, 

 the more that they feem to deviate from it. 



OF CONTRASTS. 



Contrafts differ from contraries in this, that con- 

 traries ad: but in one lingle point, and contrafts in 

 their general combination. An objed has but 

 one contrary, but it may have many contrafts. 

 White is the contrary of black ; but it contrafts 

 with blue, green, red, and various other colours. 



Nature, in order to diftinguifh the h:irmonies, 

 the confonances, and the progreffions of bodies, 

 from each other, makes them exhibit contrafts. 

 This Law is fo much the lefs obferved, the more 

 common it is. We trample under foot truths the 

 moft wonderful, and of the higheft importance, 

 without paying the flighteft attention to them. 



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