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know they have the means of circulating their fluids, and 

 they may have the sense of feeling as well. Now look 

 at the little so called sensitive plant, and behold the 

 grandeur, the sublimity and the wisdom of the great 

 Architect of the Universe. One that loves to dwell on 

 this theme may follow the chain down until he finds 

 some animals that are nearly plants; then turn to the 

 lovely and beautiful plants and flowers, and he can 

 almost see animals in them; or, at least, he csn see the 

 arteries through which the circulating fluid flows from 

 its mother earth to the notched and spiral leaves of the 

 smallest plant, and the veins also by which it is returned 

 from whence it came, which is the heart of the vegetable 

 kingdom as much as the heart of animals is the fountain 

 head of the circulating fluid. 



Do not think that I am going to do by you as the man 

 did who bought several gallons to treat the crowd with, 

 and then kept it all to himself; I will talk about the horse 

 directly. 



Man stands at the head of all created beings, for all will 

 tremble and crouch with fearai his approach, except when 

 congregated in numbers, or driven by hunger, or when 

 attacked in a warlike manner, or when there is no chance 

 to flee. Then if man is placed at the head of all these, 

 it shows the importance of his studying his own nalure, 

 and if he arrives at the highest state of his moral culture 

 to which he is attainable, all the better, so as not to 

 abuse the power invested in him, and enable him to turn 

 all these things to the best and most profitable account. 

 What then has man to fear from the brute creation 

 when he becomes acquainted with his ability to govern 



