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that can be drawn from our observations of the system 

 of nature render it probable. 



u Full nature swarms with life one wond'rous mass 

 Of animals or atoms organized 

 Waiting the vital breath, when parent heaven 

 Shall bid his spirit blow. 



- Nor is the stream 



Of purest crystal, nor the lucid airs 



Tho' one transparent vacancy it seem, 



Void of their unseen people. These conccaVd 



By the kind art of forming heaven, escape 



The grosser eye of man/' 



THOMSOV, 



With unfeigned esteem and affection, 



I am, dear Sir, 



Your's, &e. 



LXII. 



** Hail ! source of Being ! universal soul 

 Of heaven and earth! Essential presence hail ! 

 To thee I bend the I; nee: to thee my thoughts 

 Continual climb: who with a master-hand 

 Hast the grat whole into perfection touch'd !" 



THOMSON, 



DEAR SIR, 



are now come to the conclusion of our survey 

 of the wondrous works of the Deity displayed in the 

 stupendous system of nature; and I am fully per* 

 suaded that you, as well as myself, will reluctantly 

 take leave of so beautiful, so variegated, and so mag- 

 nificent a view. At the close of our excursions, 

 however, let us not have to reproach ourselves with 

 having uselessly rambled through the immense fielJs 

 of creation. The object of all physical research ought 

 to be moral arid intellectual improvement; and indeed 

 the study of nature, exalting our admiration, is pecu- 

 liarly adapted to enflame onr love for the architect of 



