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Celestial joys prepares us to sustain? 



The soul of man, His face design'd to see, 



Who gave these wonders to be seen by man, 



Has here a previous scene of objects great 



On which to dwell ; to stretch to that expanse 



Of thought, to rise to that exalted height 



Of admiration, to contract that awe, 



And give her whole capacities that strength 



Which best may qualify for final joy. 



The more our spirits are enlarged on earth, 



The deeper draught shall they receive of heaven." 



Compare, under the Microscope, the most 

 exquisite works which the combined wealth 

 and power, skill and taste of man have ever 

 formed, with the tiniest, humblest work of 

 God, and at a glance the amazing difference 

 is seen. Let the keenest-edged razor, or the 

 sharpest -pointed needle that Sheffield ever 

 sent forth, be placed side by side with the 

 sting of wasp or bee, and while the former is 

 seen to be unequal, rough, jagged as file or saw, 

 the latter is found to be inconceivably fine and 

 smooth. Take the rarest web, or the finest lawn 

 that the looms of Glasgow or Manchester ever 

 manufactured, and place it beside the web of 

 the spider, or the thread of the silk-worm ; and 

 the difference between the most delicate gossa- 

 mer and the coarsest cable, or roughest door- 



