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CONCLUDING EEMAEKS. 



613 



We 



in s;pace, whether we examine the starry heavens^, or that 

 world of minute animalcules which is revealed to ns by the 

 microscope. We are prepared, therefore, to find that in 

 time also the confines of the universe lie beyond the reach of 

 mortal ken. But in whatever direction we pursue our re- 

 searches, whether in time or space, we discover everywhere 

 the clear proofs of a Creative Intelligence, and of 

 sight, wisdom, and power. 



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As geologists, we learn that it is not only the present 

 condition of the globe which has been suited to the accom- 

 modation of myriads of living creatures, but that many former 

 states also have been adapted to the organisation and habits 

 of prior races of beings. The disposition of the seas, con- 

 tinents, and islands, and the climates, have varied; the 

 species likewise have been changed ; and yet they have all 

 been so modelled, on types analogous to those of existing 

 plants and animals, as to indicate, throughout, a perfect 

 harmony of design and unity of purpose. To assume that 

 the evidence of the beginning or end of so vast a scheme lies 

 within the reach of our philosophical enquiries, or even of our 

 speculations, appears to be inconsistent with a just estimate 



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of the relations which subsist between the finite powers of 

 man and the attributes of an Infinite and Eternal Being. 



