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from that which composes if, to that which- is composed 

 by it, from the lessjperfect to the greater. 



But while we view it in this light, and in a very 

 general manner, we are not to forget that our me- 

 thod of conception is not the rule of things. We are 

 only to take a transient survey of the exterior parts of; 

 beings, 



