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that from the motions of the whole machine, some great effect 

 is produced, we shall readily conclude that none of its parts are 

 useless. 



These observations, and a number of others, which naturally 

 result from a survey of the animal kingdom, or other parts of 

 the creation, have an evident tendency to improve the mind and 

 meliorate the heart. They all concur to illuminate the under- 

 standing, and to inspire the most exalted sentiments of morality 

 and religion ; and to instruct the ignorant, to check presump- 

 tion, and confound Atheism. 



The volume of Nature is the book of God, ever open to the 

 eyes of mankind ; in contemplating any part of which, we every 

 where view the reflection of his glory. All things, animate and 

 inanimate, in perfect unison, and in language more emphatical 

 than that of words, proclaim 



" THE HAND THAT MADE US IS DIVINE." 



THE END. 



