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forward through geologic ages of physical change, 

 and providing for the wants of man, in his needs 

 and desires, entirely unlike any thing before crea- 

 ted. It was for man alone that metals were poured 

 into the primary rocks, even before life was intro- 

 duced upon the globe ; it was for his need the coal 

 was garnered up, ages and ages before the earth was 

 fitted for him. "We can hardly see a fold in the 

 strata, or study a new form of matter, that does not 

 seem to have reference to man as a physical or 

 intellectual being. But without going thus far, we 

 can assert that he has been perfectly provided for ; 

 and what short of the wisdom and skill of a per- 

 sonal being could provide for the wants of man, from 

 whom alone we have our idea of personality? 

 "While, then, we know the argument from mind must 

 be satisfactory to the philosopher, we must also 

 believe that the fitting up of a body for that mind, 

 and a world for that body, are equally proofs of 

 personality. For none but a person can under- 

 stand, so as to provide for the wants of personality. 

 The chain then seems to be unbroken. If the 



creation of the mind would prove personality, then 



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