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attributes of a personal being ; the highest wisdom 

 and skill controlled by benevolence, even in con- 

 nection with pain, disease, and death. It is only in 

 the structure and instincts of animals, and in the 

 provisions made for them as sentient beings, that 

 benevolence can be shown. But the other attributes 

 of the Creator are clearly manifested in plant life, to 

 which we next turn. 



