332 LECTURE VII. 



The opinion that Intelligence must have 

 ordained the order of Nature, is not only 

 impressed by her decrees upon the bulk 

 of mankind, but is confirmed by the observ- 

 ations and reflections of the most ob- 

 servant and intellectual individuals of the 

 human race. Those who think that intel- 

 ligence may exist distinct from organiza- 

 tion, are disposed to admit that the intelli- 

 gence with which they are endowed, may 

 have a separate existence. Those who think 

 that perception is not essential to life, but is 

 an attribute of something different, are also 

 disposed to admit the separate existence 

 of perception and intelligence; and thus do 

 these two opinions produce and support 

 each other. Both opinions are natural to 

 most men, and confirmed by the observ- 

 ations and consideration of the most intel- 

 lectual of the human race. 



Gentlemen, I was presumptuous enough 

 in the first lecture to imagine myself that 



