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well as every other species of fact, let us see whether the 

 general philosophy of this work will afford any light by which 

 outer appearances, reflecting a natural law or force of develop- 

 ment, and the interior sense of the human soul, respecting the 

 constant presence of God, and the exertion of his upholding 

 and directing power, may be rationally harmonized. By way 

 of attempting the solution of all apparent discrepancies, as 

 involved in these subjects, we will, in the following pages, 

 endeavor to unfold the true theory of law agency and Divine 

 agency, as it appears to us. 



