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unnatural, and therefore, an improper object, 
as againft the divifions of a flower parterre. 
I grant, indeed, that they have been whimfi- 
cally, and often abfurdly arranged, and falhioned; 
but fuch I do not here defend. I only maintain 
the caufe of parterres, on account of the beau¬ 
ties, which they are neceflary to produce: not 
of any they themfelves pofiefs. 
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On the Regeneration of Animal Substances. 
By Charles White, Efq. F. R. S. &V. Read 
December 18, 1782. 
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r "jP H E great Author of the creation has en¬ 
dowed the animal world with a wonderful 
power of repairing and recruiting its various 
compound machines, and not only filling up 
and making good loft fubftances, but in fome 
inftances, of even totally regenerating parts ; 
but we muft not from hence accufe him of 
partiality, in not doing it in every inftance; for 
the further we carry our refearches into the 
fecrets of Nature, the more we (hall be convinced 
of the great and unbounded wifdom of God, 
and of the extraordinary refources he has placed 
in her pofteflion j 
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