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tion, the only idea remaining of what was present- 

 ed to his view, will be that of an image, gigantic 

 in its size, and horrible in its form. The preju- 

 dice about spectres and hobgoblins, therefore, in 

 some degree originates from nature, and such vi- 

 sionary objects depend not entirely on the imagi- 

 nation alone, as has been frequent!) supposed. 



If room would permit, it would be a pleasing 

 employment to point out many advantages which 

 arise from the form, the size, ihe motion, and the 

 situation of the Eye, each of which haa a tendency 

 to evince the wisdom and goodness of the Omnipo- 

 tent Creator. But this has been well done by Dr. 

 Derham and Dr. Paley; to whose works I must 

 refer you. The celebrated Euler, in his " Letters 

 to a German Princtss," points out an astonishing 

 difference between tht human Eye, and any arti- 

 ficial eye which can be constructed : he then makes 

 some admirable reflections, part of which I now 

 lay before you. " The Eye which the Creator has 

 * l formed, is subject to no one of all the imperfec- 

 " tions under which the imaginary construction of 

 61 the free thinker labours. In this we discover the 

 .*' true reason, why Infinite Wissdom has employed 

 " several transparent substances in the formation 

 " of the Eye : it is thereby secured against all the 

 f( defects which characterize every work of man. 

 * What a noble subject of contemplation ' He who 

 " formed the Eye, shall he not see ? and he who 

 "planted the ear, shall he not hear? The Eye 

 " alone being a master-piece that far transcends 

 ts the human understanding, what an exalted idea 



" must 



