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wonderful and startling structure that my finite 

 mind can conceive. As a physiologist 1 know 

 that this hand and foot are as perfect as any- 

 thing to which such a term can be applied. I 

 know also, that, though formed on the same 

 plan just as a mechanic will apply his lever, or 

 his pulley, or his hinge, to accomplish very di- 

 versified works, yet that this hand and foot 

 are unlike anything else in nature. And further, 

 I know by the study of the functions of the 

 different parts in these structures, that if any 

 part were removed or any added, that they would 

 be imperfect and useless. Therefore I infer, 

 first, that the hand and foot were designed by a 

 being with thought, foreknowledge, wisdom, and 

 goodness; and secondly, I compare by my reason, 

 the work with the thought of its designer, and 

 I thus form a certain and immovable impression 

 in my mind, that that being is Perfect. As, 

 however, I have no superiorly-formed hand or 

 foot with, which to compare those of man, I 

 am not mentally competent to imagine that any 

 similar structures could be more perfect; and 

 us a comparative anatomist, I know that there 

 is nothing lower in the scale that is identical 

 with the hand or foot of mau. My studies 

 lead me to the knowledge that certain apes 

 and monkeys possess four hands, made after the 

 same model as my own; but I immediately 

 recognise the fact that if those hands were 

 removed to my body, and my hands and feet 

 to the body of the ape, that, instead of two 



