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them in existence, forms the relation between Him and His 

 works ; and we find that this natural sequence exists throughout 

 creation having originated from the first act of Deity in creat- 

 ing all things, it constitutes the first principles of all dynamical 

 science. 



PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GRAMMAR 

 OF SCIENCE. 



The analysis given on the third page, does not extend so far as 

 I intended ; but some further idea of the extent and perfect ar- 

 rangement of the system will be obtained irom the following re- 

 view. 



Suppose a student who is studying Botany (perhaps he is 

 counting the stamens of a flower to find its place in the Linnaen 

 system) should be asked what branch of science he was engag- 

 ed in, where does it belong ? What are its relations to other 

 branches of science ? What place does it occupy in the great 

 field of nature ? or in the still greater field of universal science ? 

 What is the answer ? Is there any rule in any Philosophy by 

 which this question can be answered ? By referring to the syn- 

 opsis, we find it occupies the 2d place, and is the medium branch 

 in the organic circle, standing between the animal and mineral 

 departments the one being the first extreme, and the other the 

 last arid it runs imperceptibly, like the colors of the rain-bow, 

 into both, and is connected indissolubly with them. 



This is its foundation let us trace it to its origin. It is the 

 2d in the organic circle the organic is the first in the natural 

 and the natural is the 3d in the universal circle, and conse- 

 quently this branch is the 20th remove from the beginning. 



We will now take the science Entomology. This branch ex- 

 plains the nature of insects or the Annalosa order. This is the 

 1st division in the invertebrated circle called the Annalosa it 

 is the 1st extreme and connected with the Radiata, which is the 

 2d part of the same circle. Thus it is the 1st in the in vertebra- 



