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of the blood, in the little arteries, to every part 

 of the body, when he thus adds : 



" Along on the lines of these tubes or canals, 

 (the arteries,) through which the blood, with 

 all its treasures, flows, God has provided a vast 

 multitude of little organs or waiters, whose 

 office is, each one to take out of the blood, as 

 it comes along, that kind and quantity of nour- 

 ishment which it needs for its own support, 

 and also for the support of that part of the 

 body which is committed to its care. And 

 although exceedingly minute and delicate, they 

 are endowed by their Creator with the won- 

 derful power of doing this, and also of abstain- 

 ing from, or of expelling and throwing back 

 into the common mass, what is unsuitable, or 

 what they do not want, to be carried to some 

 other place, where it may be needed ; or if it 

 is not needed anywhere, and is good for noth- 

 ing, to be thrown out of the body as a nuisance. 



"For instance, the organs placed at the 

 ends of the fingers, when the blood comes 

 there, take out of it what they need for their 

 support, and also what is needed to make fin- 



