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microscopic life than the Radiolarians, any similar 

 parallelism of design. He will tell us that he is 

 constantly meeting with objects that are exceedingly 

 minute, which bear the closest resemblance to objects 

 used in the arts, in science, in trade, and in domestic 

 life that this is a special feature in microscopy 

 which attracts the attention of every student. The 

 answer then that must suggest itself is, that the 

 human mind, in this respect, is a faint reflection 

 of the Divine mind. What other answer can we 

 give ? We may enter into deep theories and learned 

 reasons, which may only bewilder us. If the mind 

 of man produces designs previously existing in 

 microscopic nature, of which he had no knowledge, 

 it is only reasonable to conclude that his efforts, 

 however feeble, bear in a measure the impression 

 or reflection of that Mind which 'hath made all 

 things beautiful in its season.' 



The sections of spines of echinoderms, the patterns 

 on diatoms, and the anchors in the sarcode of 

 sponges, are instances noticed in these pages, in 

 addition to those supplied by the Rhizopods, Radio- 

 larians, and Polycystinse. 



