STUDY I. 



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tempt to rear the fabric, the ground muft be clear- 

 ed, and the foundation laid. 



In the SECOND part, I (hall make application 

 of thefe laws to the Globe ; I fhall examine it's 

 form, it's extent, the divifion of it's Hemifpheres, 

 and as it is compofed, like every other organized 

 work of Nature, of parts fimilar, and of parts con- 

 trarj'. I (hall confider, fuccefTively, it's different 

 elements, and the manner of their adaptation to 

 each other, the fire to air, the air to water, the wa- 

 ter to the earth. This order eftablifhes among 

 them a real fubordination, of which the Sun is the 

 principal agent. But he is not the only mover in 

 Nature, and ftill lefs the Sovereign Difpofer. His 

 uniform adion on the elements would, at laft, fe- 

 parate or confound them. Other laws counter- 

 balance his, and maintain the general harmony. 



I (hall point out the admirable variety of his 

 courfe, the effe6ts of his heat and light, and the 

 wonderful manner in which they are weakened or 

 multiplied in the Heavens, in the inverfe ratio of 

 latitudes and feafons. I fhall fpeak of the great 

 reverberations of Heaven, of the Moon, of the 

 Aurora Borealis, of the Stars, and of the myfteries 

 of Night, only fo far as the human eye is permitted 

 to perceive them, and the heart to feel their im- 

 preffion. 



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