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human body the use and necessity are not 

 more apparent, than the wisdom and con- 

 trivance which has been exerted in put- 

 ting them all into the most compact and 

 convenient form ; in disposing them so 

 that they shall mutually receive and give 

 helps from one another ; and that all, or 

 many of the parts shall not only answer 

 their principal end and purpose, but ope- 

 rate successfully and usefully in a varie- 

 ty of secondary ways. If we consider 

 the whole animal machine in this light, 

 and compare it with any in which human 

 art has exerted its utmost skill (suppose 

 the best constructed ship that ever was 

 built,) we shall be convinced, beyond the 

 possibility of doubt, that there exists in- 

 telligence and power far surpassing what 

 human art can boast of. Oae superiori- 

 ty in the animal machine is peculiarly- 

 striking. In machines of human contri- 

 vance, or of art, there is no internal pow- 

 er, no principle in the thing itself, by 

 which it can alter and accommodate it- 

 self to any injury that it may suffer, or 

 make up any injury that admits of repair ; 

 but in the natural machine, or animal bo- 

 dy, this is most wonderfully provided fo* 



