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it is certain that we shall often find that we have been 

 mistaken. 



Those who labour in this spirit of seeking the truth 

 for itself will find their reward in the ever-increasing delight 

 they will feel in studying God's works, and in the assurance 

 which they will meet with at every step, that nothing can 

 happen except under the guidance of His laws. True 

 science, like true religion, leads to an entire and childlike 

 dependence upon the Invisible Ruler of the Universe. It 

 makes us eager to study the laws of the universe, that we 

 may live in accordance with them, and diminish some of the 

 gross ignorance which now prevails with all its attendant 

 evils ; while at the same time it leads even the most in- 

 structed to feel how extremely limited our knowledge is, and 

 that we are after all, like inexperienced children, dependent 

 upon the love and power of our Maker to bring us safely 

 out of darkness into light. 



