LECTURE VII. 33i 



in conclusion, I will only observe, that upon 

 the supposition just mentioned, we must 

 be led to expect the phaenomena to be 

 more uniform or more diversified ; nor 

 could we imagine it possible, that there 

 should be that regularity in their series, 

 and that adaptation of means to ends, 

 which we so constantly observe. 



It has been said that " an undevout astro- 

 nomer is mad ;" yet he only contemplates 

 the immensity and order of the works of 

 Nature, and the causes of the varieties of 

 light and seasons, so serviceable to the living 

 beings which inhabit this planet, and, as he 

 infers, to those of others. But what shall 

 we say of the anatomist who observes the 

 structure and functions of those beings, who 

 examines their extreme variety, and regular 

 gradation and connection, without any feel- 

 ing or perception that Intelligence has ope- 

 rated in ordaining the laws of nature ? We 

 judge of others by ourselves, and assuredly 

 such a character must, by the bulk of man- 

 kind, be considered as possessing either a 

 deficient or perverse intellect. . 



