Chap. XIV. A K T I E N T M E T A P H Y S I CS. 



Hiftory ; for I fay again with Milton, 



' 7ney of'thefe 



' Nor JkilFd nor Jliidlous^ higher argument 

 ' Anjuaits / 



— to treat firft of the noblcfl animal on this earth, then of the higheft 

 being in the univerfe. To fuch fpeculations it is to be hoped that 

 thefe gentlemen will at laft afcend ; and that, after having demon- 

 ftrated all the properties of lines and figures, computed and meafu- 

 red all the Motions within their obfervation, colledted and arranged 

 all the fads of natural hiftory, and examined, with the great- 

 eft accuracy and minutenefs, every thing in the animal, vege- 

 table, and mineral kingdoms, they will then begin to philofophife, 

 and will corredl thofe errors which 1 may have fallen into by fol- 

 lowing too fervilely, a* they think, the Philofophy of antient 

 times. 



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