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ing before it, susceptible of the quickest motions, to 

 be interposed upon every occasion, — and furnished 

 with an exquisite contrivance to cleanse and moisten 

 it, and a conduit to conduct off the liquid which has 

 been employed ; and even then, there is no natural 

 consequence by which it follows, that it must be fit- 

 ted with such a complete set of muscles to turn it in 

 every direction, and give us the most perfect com- 

 mand over the organ. 



T. After having examined the most wonderful 

 instrument with which we are acquainted, and with 

 which no work of human ingenuity admits of compa- 

 rison, it is quite superfluous to extend our research to 

 other parts of the animal structure, for any purpose 

 of religious conviction. There is no occasion for 

 multiplying examples of contrivance, to prove a con- 

 triver. The organ of hearing is more obscure in 

 some parts of its construction ; but as it exhibits a 

 new description of philosophical principles, quite as 

 admirably applied, you may give some account of 

 this structure. What traces of a Divine Intelligence 

 do you discover in the ear 1 



B. Before leaving the eye, there might have 

 been remarked one design, more interesting, perhaps, 

 than any which has been named. 



T. And what may that be ? 



B. The pleasures and use of sight seem to be the 

 most delightful proofs of a designing Providence, in- 

 dependent of any particular construction of the organ 

 itself. Without this sense, a large part of our capaci- 

 ties would be lost to us. Our sensibility to the plea- 



