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incapable of producing or supporting vegetable sup- 

 plies, or animal existence. 



It is not surprising, that chymical pursuits should 

 fascinate enquiring minds. They open the great, and 

 often hidden springs of operation, by which the pur- 

 poses of the creator are effected. So far are they from 

 encouraging the wild and flagitious speculations of 

 sceptics, that they teach us, with humble adoration, and 

 ardent gratitude, to 



''Look through Nature up to Nature^ s GodJ^^ 



