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the work of a blind chance ? or does it imply a 

 unity of design, an extent of benevolence, and a 

 vastness of power, indicative of a ruling Provi- 

 dence the great Architect alike of the star of 

 the firmament, and of the mite which plays in 

 the sunbeam whose hand is traced equally in 

 the immensities of magnitude and of minuteness 

 the Almighty Father of the universe, and of 

 every thing which astounds and delights us in its 

 construction ? 



