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nind, and excite in us the affections of reverence and gra- 

 titude towards that Being whose wisdom and goodness are 

 discernible in the structure of the meanest reptile. Further , 

 " The wisdom of God receives small honour from those 

 vulgar heads that rudely stare about, and with a gross 

 rusticity admire his works : those highly magnify him, 

 whose judicious inquiry into his acts, and deliberate re- 

 search into his creatures, return the duty of a devout and 

 learned admiration." Religio Medici, Sect. 13, 



