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humble than we muft alfo be with refpect to the in- 

 formation derived from the other fenfes. Why -a 

 particular object affects our fenfes in a particular man- 

 ner, is concealed from us by circumftances which our 

 underftandings cannot difcover. As objects appear 

 green when feen through a green glafs, fo is every 

 object modified by the medium of the fenfes. 



It is natural, however, to the human mind, to be 

 deiirous of perceiving things as they really are, and 

 this may be an enjoyment provided for us in a future 

 Hate, when we may regard the earth merely as a planer, 

 and the fun as a fixed ftar ; and when the mind, liber- 

 ated from the fetters of the body, and endued with 

 new faculties, may at once contract its attention to the 

 laws which regulate the exigence of the minuted ani- 

 mal, and extend its views to die comprehenfion of all 

 the vaft bodies which conftitute the folar fyftem. 



