VII. TO TWICKENHAM. Jll 



Natufe has created feeble and defenceless, 

 drawing thunder and lightning from the 

 clouds; rendering himself formidable to all 

 who surround him ; overleaping the immen- 

 sity of seas; reaching distant and unknown 

 lands with the rapidity of an eagle ; circu- 

 lating from country to country the produc- 

 tions denied to each ; braving the fury of the 

 elements ; conquering the most ferocious ani- 

 mals ; throwing bridges over the largest and 

 most rapid rivers, and, in short, rendering 

 the universe wholly subservient to his wants 

 and pleasures. 



But there is another point of view under 

 which man ought to be regarded. The per- 

 fection of his intellectual faculties is not 

 wholly attributable to his connection with 

 his species. It is a consequence of the pre- 

 eminence of Nature, and is one of his noblest 

 prerogatives. 



On casting our eyes on the different specie s 

 of animals with which the earth is peopled, 

 we are struck at beholding them all subjected 



to 



