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For, although it is admitted that the Huttoniau theory 

 is, in some instances, not without support ; and that 

 the Wernerian theory, in its general principles ap- 

 pears not only plausible, but highly probable ; yet, in 

 the discussion of their merits, it may be asserted, with- 

 out fear of contradiction, that he who attempts to ex- 

 plain, on the principles of either, the infinitely varied 

 phenomena that are presented to view, in the structure 

 of the globe; or he who attempts to reconcile the 

 equally numerous and varied anomalies, glaring incon- 

 sistencies, palpable contradictions, and inexplicable 

 facts, alike to those principles, will find himself, at 

 last, involved in a labyrinth, so inconceivably intri- 

 cate, that it will be impossible to extricate himself, ex- 

 cept by plunging headlong, as many have already 

 done, into infidelity ; or, in humble submission, to 

 elevate his mind to the great author of creation, and 

 to acknowledge his incapacity to comprehend the 

 works of Him, 6e Whose ways are unsearchable and 

 past finding out." 



