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Almighty artificer, and inspire astonishment 

 and awe! 



But in reviewing the amazing endowments 

 of these endless tribes of beings, which ad- 

 minister so much to the gratification of our 

 mental and ocular faculties, the great utility, 

 and important advantages derived from many 

 of them, have also another claim upon our re- 

 gard. The delicious luxury furnished by the 

 bee, and the beautiful dye of the coccus : the 

 materials for an exquisite fabric, prepared by 

 the silk worm, which gives employment to 

 millions ! and the ingredient produced by 

 the gall-fly, to which mankind is deeply in- 

 debted for the promulgation of knowledge ! 

 are all real benefits. But from others, lessons 

 of industry and economy ; virtue and morality ; 

 perfection in various arts, and even civil go- 

 vernment, may be learned ; and, accordingly, 

 they have been held up as models of conduct, 

 and referred to for instruction in wisdom 

 from the days of Solomon. 



