GOLDSMITH'S 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



ABRIDGED, 



CHAP. I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



IHE World may be considered as one large man- 

 sion, where man is permitted to enjoy the works of* 

 Nature, and to admire the Hand which called it into 

 life. Blest with talents, and endowed with sense, he 

 feels himself the lord of earth's domain ; but, whilst he 

 contemplates the superiority of his station, he is apt to 

 forget from whom it is derived. 



Amidst the many advantages which the mind enjoys 

 from tracing Nature through her varying course, that 

 of rinding it raised with admiration to the Power which 

 formed it, is one of the most beneficial that can be pro- 

 duced; for it is impossible to behold its nice de- 

 pendences, without observing an Almighty handl 



In taking a view of Animated Nature, and beholding 

 the connection which exists in every part, we cannot 

 but observe the exact resemblance which subsists be- 

 tween the human and the animal race.— Jf Providence 



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