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CONCLUSION. 



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.ERE I set bounds to my design. I have presented 

 my readers with a variety or' facts of an interesting 

 nature, sufficient to enable them to form an idea of 

 those pleasures which result from the contemplation of 

 nature. But this contemplation would prove fruitless, 

 did it not lead us to aspire incessantly after thia ador- 

 able BEING, by endeavouring to acquire a knowledge 

 of him, from that immense chain of various produc- 

 tions wherein his power and wisdom are displayed with 

 such distinguished lustre< He does not impart to us 

 the knowledge of himself immediately ; that is not the 

 plan he has chosen ; but he has commanded the hea- 

 vens and the earth to proclaim his existence, to make 

 him known to us. He has endued us with faculties 

 susceptible of this divine language, and has raised up 

 men who explore their beauties, and become their 

 interpreters. Imprisoned for awhile in a small obscure 

 planet, we only enjoy such a portion of light as is 

 suitable to our present condition : let us wisely improve 



