DEDICATION. Vll 



do this, which gives to Religion its vast and 

 incomparable importance ; and this can, I 

 well know, be achieved only by that Re- 

 vealed Religion of which we are ministers, 

 but on which the plan of the present work 

 did not allow me to dwell. 



That Divine Providence may prosper the 



labours of your Lordship and of all who are 



joined with you in the task of maintaining 



and promoting this Religion, is, my Lord, the 



earnest wish and prayer of 



Your very faithful, 



and much obliged Servant, 



WILLIAM WHEWELL. 



Trinity College, Cambridge, 

 Feb. 25, 1833. 



