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learned. Men of science have been fre- 

 quently more mindful of their own repu- 

 tation, than of the instruction of the igno- 

 rant. Still they ought to descend no farther 

 than is needful to raise the latter up to the 

 proper elevation for useful inquiry, by blending 

 together instructive facts and clear explana- 

 tion. May it also ever be their desire to point 

 to the grand moral lessons taught by physical 

 facts, and to show that the most striking 

 marvels tend to make us rest more and more 

 in believing confidence in " Him in whom we 

 live, and move, and have our being !" Thus 

 the exercise of our faculties will quicken our 

 faith, — and 



•' Faith is not reason's labour,— but repose." 



