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machine ; and, when he casts his eye to the other 

 end of the apparatus, he sees the material issuing 

 from it in a new state ; and, what is more, in a 

 state manifestly adapted to future uses ; the grain 

 in meal fit for the making of bread, the wool in 

 rovings ready for spinning into threads, the sheaf 

 in corn dressed for the mill. Is it necessary that 

 this man, in order to be convinced that design, 

 that intention, that contrivance has been employed 

 about the machine, should be allowed to pull it 

 to pieces ; should be enabled to examine the parts 

 separately ; explore their action upon one another, 

 or their operation, whether simultaneous or suc- 

 cessive, upon the material which is presented to 

 them ? He may long to do this to gratify his 

 curiosity ; he may desire to do it to improve his 

 theoretic knowledge ; or he may have a more 

 substantial reason for requesting it, if he happen, 

 instead of a common visiter, to be a millwright 

 by profession, or a person sometimes called in to 

 repair such-like machines when out of order ; but 

 for the purpose of ascertaining the existence of 

 counsel and design in the formation of the ma- 

 chine, he wants no such intromission or privity. 

 What he sees is sufficient. The effect upon the 

 material, the change produced in it, the utility of 

 that change for future applications, abundantly 

 testify, be the concealed part of the machine or 

 of its construction what it will, the hand and 

 agency of a contriver. 



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