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and contemptible do the latter appear I Not only, 

 when seeing it with the naked eye, are we struck 

 with admiration at the wondrous perfection and 

 skill with which so obscure a point in the creation 

 is constructed ; but, using our micrcoscope, sur- 

 prise is converted into amazement, when we behold 

 fresh beauties constantly revealed, as the magni- 

 fying power is increased, till at last, when the 

 latter reaches its limit, we find ourselves still re- 

 garding a lovely prospect, the horizon of which re- 

 cedes as we advance. Nor is it alone externally 

 that this inimitable beauty is to be discovered; cut 

 the cheese across, and every slice brings to view 

 cells and partitions, and seeds, and embryos, ar- 

 ranged with an unvarying regularity, which would be 

 past belief if we did not know, from experience, how 

 far beyond all that the mind can conceive, is the 

 symmetry with which the works of nature are con- 

 structed. 



Look, tlien, who list your gazeful eyes to feede 



With sighte of that is faire, look on the frame 



Of this wide uuiverse, and therein reade 



The endless formes of creatures, which by name 



Thou canst not count; much less their natures aime; 



All which are made with wondrous wise intent. 



And all with admirable beauty blent. 



I perceive, I have been talking of these curious 

 productions, as if you were already acquainted with 

 them ; while it is quite possible that you are not. In 

 that case, step to the road-side, or to the first patch 

 of weeds you can meet with, and there you will be sure 



