40 STUDIES OF NATURE. 



laws which they were eftabHfliing in Phyfics, 

 might, one day, ferve to fubvert thofe of Morality, 



In order to form a right judgment of the mag- 

 nificent fpcdacle of Nature, we muft fuffer every 

 objeft to remain in it's place, and remain ourfelves 

 in that which ihe has affigned to us. It is from a 

 regard to our happinefs, that ihe has concealed 

 from us the laws of her Omnipotence, How is it 

 poflîble for a being fo feeble as Man, to embrace 

 infinite fpace ? But fhe has brought within our 

 grafp what it is at once ufeful and delightful to 

 know: namely, theemanationsfrom her beneficence. 

 In the view of uniting Mankind, by a reciprocal 

 communication of knowledge, flie has given to 

 each of us, in particular, ignorance, treafuring up. 

 Science in a common fhock, to render us neceflary 

 and interefting to each other. 



The Earth is covered over with vegetables and 

 animals, the fimple vocabulary of which no Scho- 

 lar, no Academy, no one Nation, will ever be able 

 perfectly to acquire; but it is to be prefumed, 

 that the human race is acquainted with all their 

 properties. In vain do enlightened Nations boaft, 

 that they are the great repofitories of all the Arts 

 and Sciences. It is to Savages, to men utterly un- 

 known, that we are indebted for the firft obferva- 

 tions, which are the fource of all Science. It is 



neither 



