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the law of sympathy, necessarily some co-related change in all 

 circles of operation included in this, however inappreciable to 

 human conceptions that change may be. 



Thus do we see that the great system of universal Nature, 

 from its most comprehensive outlines as a whole, down to its 

 infinitessimal parts, is one compact system of co-related 

 " wheels within wheels," which play harmoniously together, as 

 the various and mutually dependent parts of a most sublime 

 and magnificent Machine ! It is a machine, however, which, 

 notwithstanding its perfection as a machine, is neither abso- 

 lutely self-propelling, nor can it evolve its appropriate fabrics, 

 and thus fulfill the designs of its Maker, without the constant 

 and intelligent superintendence of a superior Power even the 

 Power from which it received its origin as has before been 

 intimated, and will be more particularly illustrated hereafter. 



The general and particular numbers of progressive grada- 

 tions which extend from beginnings to endings, and thus con- 

 stitute each known circle of developments, or each known 

 form of a perfect series, that is inwoven with all others in the 

 texture of nature, have heretofore been maintained to be 

 THREE and SEVEN. The reasons for considering these as the 

 numbers of perfection applicable to every complete system of 

 being, have been extensively illustrated in foregoing pages, and 

 need not be repeated in this place. 



