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force ; and the reduction of the heat of the 

 waters became more rapid as their motion 

 was accelerated. 



Finally, the vapors were condensed in masses, 

 or clouds, and dispersed, or carried upward from 

 the earth, to be again diffused upon it in the 

 form of rain. The winds blew, and the clouds 

 were dispersed ; and, for the first time, the sun, 

 in all his splendor, shed his refulgent light, in 

 unobstructed blaze, upon the visions of the 

 dwellers of the then habitable globe. 



With what amazement, wonder, and admira- 

 tion, did man, then, for the first time, (for man 

 was there, the last product of living material 

 organization, in the uniformly heated waters, 

 partaking in a degree of the nature of all others, 

 yet more perfect than any, endowed with a 

 capacity, but which had not yet been developed, 

 for aspiring to the perfection of his Creator,) 

 behold the heavens, spread like a canopy over 

 him, with countless glittering lights, sparkling 



