580 THE SENSORIAL FUNCTIONS. 



of reasoning, in capacity of progressive improve- 

 ment, he leaves all other animals at an immea- 

 surable distance behind. He alone enjoys in 

 perfection the gift of utterance ; he alone is able 

 to clothe his thoughts in words ; in him alone 

 do we find implanted the desire of examining 

 every department of nature, and the power of 

 extending his views beyond the confines of this 

 globe. On him alone have the high privileges 

 been bestowed of recognising and of adoring the 

 Power, the Wisdom, and the Goodness of the 

 Author of the Universe, from whom his being 

 has emanated, to whom he owes all the blessings 

 which attend it, and by whom he has been 

 taught to look forward to brighter skies and to 

 purer and more exalted conditions of existence. 

 Heir to this high destination, Man discards all 

 alliance with the beasts that perish : confiding in 

 the assurance that the dissolution of his earthly 

 frame destroys not the germ of immortality 

 which has been implanted within him, and by 

 the developement of which the great scheme of 

 Providence here commenced, will be carried on, 

 in a future state of being, to its final and perfect 

 consummation. 



