LECTURE IX. 



PROVISION FOR MAN'S INTELLECT IN THE RELATIONS 

 OF ORGANIC BEINGS AND IN THE CRUST OF THE 

 EARTH. 



Kingdom of lift '. Mathematical 'inued. Orders of 



plants* Animals. Fossils. All form one picture. 



,-crcit. Manifestation of thought in \aturc. As- 

 t> on I . 'ists. Geology. Present 



cliar. ^ ion for marts physical wants pre- 



supposes his in tell, < \-/ of the earth shows 



Man multiplies his powers. Properties of metals. 

 '</;/f/.S/7?vr. Platinum. Met\u) r. 1) on. -Loadstone. 

 Metals essential to mans progress. Fuel for man alone. 

 Poicer which L'hcmistry gives him. Plants and animals 

 made to ministct to his wants through his intel- 



lectual power. 



WE pass now to the kingdom of life. We have here 

 tin* manifestation of a new principle that is con- 

 nected chiefly with four elements, and gives rise to 

 more forms than are found in the whole mineral king- 

 dom. Vitality gives relations and developments en- 

 tirely unlike those in the lower department, and not 

 even suggested by anything found there. We have 

 here the relation of parent to offspring, by which 

 matter is moulded into a continued series of similar 

 forms, not by a force in it, but by something higher 

 than physical forces, giving us animal and vegetable 

 structures in which perfection and beauty depend 

 upon the constant change of matter, while in the 



