LETTER LIU. '. 



scape, with its whole assemblage of constituent ob- 

 jects, hills, dales, forests, groves, rivers, fields, and 

 buildings; variously intermixed, which compose the 

 scenery, did you ever, mv dear Sir, consider, that all 

 this multitudinors groupe, covering tracts of country 

 to the extent often, fifteen, or perhaps twenty square 

 miles, was brought within the compass of a sixpence 

 in your eye, and yet all exactly delineated? When 

 you reflect on this wonderful circumstance, you will 

 find the fact incontestible, and the means by which it 

 is produced, calculated equally to excite our admira- 

 tion of the wisdom of the Creator, and our gratitude 

 for his ineffable goodness. 



The subject now under consideration would require 

 a ponderous folio, rather than a short epistle, for 

 every animal body is a complicated machine, com- 

 posed of a number scarcely less complex. Every or- 

 gan of sensation, and every instrument of action, .ex- 

 hibits an all-wise contrivance: the smallest appen- 

 'dages display the most exquisite workmanship: 

 every feather of a bird, every quill of its wing, is a 

 mechanical wonder. From these considerations, you 

 cannot but perceive the absurdity of the doctrine of 

 blind chance., when every part of creation evidently 

 appears the effect of intelligence and design, and ir- 

 resistibly leads us to the contemplation of that Being, 

 from whose infinite wisdom alone such harmony could 

 result. 



While I prepare to render still more extensive your 

 survey of the world of life, I flatter myself that I shall 

 leave your mind strongly impressed with these im- 

 portant reflections, and with sincere affection and 

 esteem, 



I am, my dear Sir, 



Yours, &c. 



