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ci dentally touches a chord upon the piano ; so the 

 undirected play of natural forces with color would 

 oftenest be misdirected ; and where is the selection 

 that shall bring about the survival and perpetua- 

 tion of the harmonious ? Nay, that has done it ! 

 Every part of the animal frame, the entire econ- 

 omy of the animal kingdom, the aesthetics of the 

 animal universe, past and present, point to an in- 

 finite and eternal directive force, guiding all forces ; 

 to an infinite, uplifting power, which we may trust. 



