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prove that all these unsated desires of know- 

 ledge, and all these ardent aspirations after 

 moral good, were not implanted in us in vain ? 



Happily there has been vouchsafed to us, 

 from a higher source, a pure and heavenly light 

 to guide our faltering steps, and animate our 

 fainting spirit, in this dark and dreary search : 

 revealing those truths which it imports us 

 most of all to know, giving to morality higher 

 sanctions, elevating our hopes and our affections 

 to nobler objects than belong to earth, and 

 inspiring more exalted themes of thanksgiving 

 and of praise. 



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