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The charms of eloquence, the pleasure resulting from 

 the concord of sweet sounds, are other sources of 

 intellectual enjoyment, which contribute to place this 

 sense among the most delightful as well as the most 

 important we possess. Whoever has witnessed and 

 attentively observed the distressing effects arising 

 from a loss or diminution of its sensibility will readily 

 acknowledge that such deprivation throws us at a 

 distance from our fellow-creatures and in the present 

 state of society renders us more solitary beings, than 

 the loss of sight itself." One would therefore say, 

 the first manifestation of Providence in this admirable 

 organ relates to its importance. 



T. No doubt, an All-wise Creator principally ap- 

 pears in such views of the subject as these. We 

 are to be most grateful for the uses and enjoyments 

 for which every part is fitted, rather -than for the skill 

 displayed in the construction of the part itself. 

 These considerations should again induce us to adore 

 the ineffable wisdom and /wonderful Jgoodness which 

 our maker displays in every part of our frame. 

 They should make us more sensible of the value of 

 the organ by which we are enabled to enjoy the 

 benefits of speech, and to receive the various delight- 

 ful impressions which are imparted by sound. While 

 we reflect how much our happiness would be dimin- 

 ished, if we could not communicate our thoughts by 

 conversation ; how lamentable we should feel it, if 

 we were to be denied this medium of intercourse 

 with our friends ; it should teach us to value our own 



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