CONCLUSION. 445 



as adapt each race to its appointed place of residence. The 

 works of God exhibit a perfection so divine, that, as in che- 

 mistry an atom more or less of any element will change through- 

 out the nature of the product, so by the slightest means — an 

 altered feather, or a sharpened claw — His winged agents are 

 equipped for every duty, and become the beauties and the safe- 

 guards of the world. 



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