CHAPTER XV. 



HARMONY OF NATUEE. 



" Organic Nature, then, speaks clearly to many minds of an intelli- 

 gence resulting, on the whole, and in the main, in order, harmony, and 

 beauty, yet of an intelligence the ways of which are not such as ours. 

 . . . An internal law presides over the actions of every individual, 

 and of every organism as a unit, and of the entire organic world as a 

 whole." 



MIVAKT'S Genesis of Species, pp. 238, 239. 



OF all external evidences of the wisdom and 

 goodness of God, the harmony of Nature, by 

 which is to be understood its power of universal 

 adaptability to all circumstances, is one of the 

 most striking. Not that harmony is absolutely 

 perfect in every particular, for this would imply 

 an absolutely perfect world, which probably does 

 not exist ; but everything is adjusted to its place 

 in Nature in such a manner as best to preserve 

 the stability of the whole fabric. Even varia- 

 tion has its limits, which it cannot transgress. 

 Small animals, as a rule, are far stronger and 

 fiercer, and armed with far more formidable 

 powers than those of large ones, in proportion 

 to their size. Imagine an insect magnified to 



