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into saws, affords us the means of transform- 

 ing wood into thin and commodious planks, 

 and into furniture of atiy size; sharpened 

 into plough-shaYes, it turns up the soil, and 

 disposes it to receive the seed. But a longer 

 enumeration would be fatigu'mg. I shall 

 therefore only observe, that the smallest of 

 our instruments, whether of iron or steel, 

 require, before being moulded into their 

 present form, the combined labours" of va- 

 frious hands. 



If, from the construction of his cottage, 

 *h6 pe'asant cast his eyes upon its furniture, 

 h'o\v forcibly must he be struck by the innu- 

 merable benefits which he derives from an 

 union with his species a"t large! Is it not to 

 this union, that we are indebted for all those 

 useful arts which appear to us so simple, but 

 which arc nevertheless so wontlerful those 

 arts which transform wood into seats, tables, 

 commodious cupboards, and other articles of 

 furniture those arts which, from a mixture 

 of coarse sand with some other materials, 



fabricate 



