268 CONCLUSION. 



gans^ discharging the same functions, seemed to be multiplied an hun- 

 dredfold. 



But, multiplied or reduced, Divine favour still applied the whole 

 to the purposes for which they were intended. 



In advancing, Ave think we behold certain important organs mis- 

 placed. The mouth, the most prominent in front, or seated in the neck, 

 or in the belly, — we behold one, or two, or a multitude of eyes, on the 

 upper surface, or clusters on either side of the anterior portion, — we see 

 the limits reduced or multiplied, the feelers probing the nature of what 

 is presented to them. 



Is not this the will of the Creator, who finds reason to modify or 

 transpose the instrument of feeling, of sense and sensibility ? 



^Yere it omitted, all these might l^ecome nugatory and inefficient. 

 But here is the magnitude of His power displayed, and all for the bene- 

 fit of the humbler works of the creation. It is needless, however, to 

 descend to minutia?, — let us abide by the magnitude of the incident, not 

 of the object, for incidents are great and overpowering, while objects are 

 trivial and diminutive ; — we are seeking what is to occupy and enlarge 

 the mind, not for what is to dazzle the eye, or to swell on the ear, — we 

 retreat within ourselves, seeking a peaceful solitude in the reflection on 

 the power and benignity of the Omnipotent. 



END OF VOLUME FIRST. 



