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other discoveries of man, have not only been fore- 

 stalled, but may probably all be found in the 

 works of Nature. It is, indeed, a fundamental 

 truth, one which cannot be controverted, and 

 which must be apparent to every one who will 

 take the trouble to reflect on the subject, that the 

 Great Creator has stamped a proof of his exist- 

 ence, power and love, on all the works of his hand. 

 We may see it in the smallest flower and insect, 

 in the gummy covering of a bud, in the secretions 

 of a bee from which the wax is made, in the light 

 which has been afforded us, the heat which warms 

 us, in the air we breathe, and in the food which 

 has been so abundantly provided for us. But 

 when we survey the heavens, consider the earth, 

 the seas, and all they contain, wilfully blind must 

 he be, who does not perceive the existence of a 

 powerful, wise and benevolent Creator. 



Those who are in the habit of endeavouring to 

 find out the cause, for which the most apparently 

 trifling thing has been made, will often be gratified 

 by discoveries which are very interesting. For 

 instance, every one has seen two horny excres- 

 cences below the hocks of horses, without proba- 

 bly being aware of the purpose they were intended 

 to answer. They may possibly be thought by 

 some persons to be useless, but this is not the 

 case. When the foal is in the womb of the mare, 

 the two hind legs are glued, as it were, together, 



