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E were leaning over the gunwale, where I had been watching the 

 curious, nebulous-like life that was revealed in the sea-fire splashing 

 from the ship s sides, and our conversation turning upon this, we talked 

 of a number of marine mysteries. He believed that there was a large 

 class of animated nature fitted to exist only in dense waters at the 

 depths of the ocean, and which only appeared on the surface when in a 

 diseased state. He had great confidence that such must be the case, and 

 he cited several cases, known to naturalists, where nature has very pecu 

 liarly fitted animals and vegetables to enjoy life under circumstances in 

 which nothing could exist of the more ordinary organisms. I remarked 

 that there was a wonderful connection and fitting together of one thing 

 to another, through the whole of nature, as if it were all designed 

 together, and every part contrived with reference to all the rest ; to 

 which he assented. 



&quot; And does not that irresistibly impress you with the idea of a rea 

 soning mind having constructed it for certain purposes of his own, to 

 which purposes all this working together must have reference ?&quot; 



&quot; Humph ! Suppose it does. Say every thing must have a cause, 

 and call the cause of the world, God, if you like. What do they stop 

 there for ? I want to know what s the cause of God ; what is God s 

 God. You see, you must back up farther for that cause.&quot; 



&quot; But we can take one step. Suppose we do take that, and see what 

 we can make of it first. There must be, or there seems likely to have 

 been, a constructing mind a will above us &quot; 



&quot; An imaginary something that put the world together. Well, sup 

 pose there is.&quot; 



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