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separate the parts ; and in a short time, of all this 

 great body, nothing remains but the framework or 

 bones, perhaps a little hair or some wool all the 

 rest is departed we know not whither ! Worms 

 and insects have done their parts ; the earth has 

 received a portion, and the rest, converted into 

 gases and exhalable matters, has dispersed all over 

 the region, which, received into vegetable circula- 

 tion, is again separated and changed, becomes 

 modified anew, and nourishes that which is to con- 

 tinue the future generations of life. The petal 

 of the rose ; the pulp of the peach ; the azure and 

 the gold on the wing of the insect ; all the various 

 productions of the animal and vegetable world ; 

 the very salts and compounds of the soil, are but 

 the changes some other matters have undergone, 

 which have circulated through innumerable chan- 

 nels since the first production of all things, and no 

 particle been lost ; bearing in mind this assured 

 truth,- that all these combinations have not been 

 effected by chance or peculiarity of circumstances, 

 but by the predetermination of an Almighty Intel- 

 ligence, who sees the station, progress, and final 

 destination of an atom. What an infinity of power 

 and intellective spirit does this point out ! an omni- 

 potence, which the bodied minds of us poor creatures 

 cannot conceive ! Truly may we say, " who can 

 find out the Almighty to perfection ? " 



May 24, 1827. Abundance of cockchaffers (me- 

 lolantha vulgaris) are flying about, yet by no means 

 in the profusion of some years. How much at times 



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