12 EXCURSIONS ROUND LONDON. 



the creation of the universe, said, " Let 

 there be light, and there was light, so, in 



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like manner, I say to myself, let my body 

 move, and it moves. At this fiat all its 

 springs concur together ; and the machine 

 obeys, as if each of these secret organs heard 

 a solemn and powerful voice. The influence 

 of the mind and body over each other is 

 equally wonderful and incomprehensible, as 

 it is not in consequence of any particular 

 study. The most ignorant clown can move 

 his body as well as the most skilful anatomist. 

 In considering our intellectual faculties, 

 we are overwhelmed with astonishment and 

 awe that our mind, which can measure and 

 survey the vast expanse of the heavens, and 

 calculate the revolutions of the planets, 

 should remain in profound ignorance respect- 

 ing the springs which regulate the motion 

 of the body it inhabits. 13u* a little refec- 

 tion will soon convince us that even this io> 



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jiorance is a blessing ; and that whenever we 

 find bounds set to our knowledge, it would 



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