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ver by h larger magnifier, are themfelves com- 

 pofed of flill Imaller cubes. The primitive and 

 conftitiient panicles of this fait muit, therefore^ 

 iinquedionably confift of cubes fo minute, that 

 they will for ever efcape our obfervation. Plants 

 and animals, which polfefs the power of multi- 

 plying by all their parts, are organized bodies 

 compofed of fimilar organic bodies, the primi- 

 tive and conftituent particles of which are alfo 

 orn;anic and fimilar. Of thefe vv'e difcern the 

 accumulated quantity ; but we can only recog- 

 nife the conftituent particles by reafon and ana- 

 logy. 



From this view, we are led to conclude, that 

 there exills in nature an infinity of organiCi 11- 

 njmgparticUs^^ of the fame fub fiance with orga- 

 nized beings. A fimilar firud:ure we have al- 

 ready remarked in more inanimated matter, 

 "whieii is compofed of an infinite number of mi- 

 nute particles that have an exadt refemblance to 

 the whole body. And, as the accumulation 

 perhaps of millions of cubes are necefliiry to the 



formation 



Jrtiyviades magnitadinem arenae craffioris ne aequent. Quae fall's 

 minutae particulae, quam primura oculis confpicio, magnitudine 

 ab omnibus lateribus crefcunt, fuam tamen elegantem fuperficiem 



quadrangularem retinentes, t'ere Figurae hae fallnuc 



cavitate donatae funt, &c. ; See Leeunvenhoek, Arc. Nat. tofu. l.p. 5. 

 * To avoid the introduction of terms which might not be ge- 

 B^rallv' underUood, it is necciTary to inform the reader, that the 

 phrafes corps orgariiqties vlvans, parties organiqnes vivantes., et Diole- 

 cnfes organiqnes vivantes, v/hich occur fo often in this vohime, and 

 form the bads of our author's thcor)-, are uniformly, in the ver- 

 iion, errprcifcd by the words organic particles. 



