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cumftance of their motion being all in the fame 

 direction, and in other refpeds not only unfup- 

 ported, but even inconlifltnt with the principle 

 of gravitation, has nothing in common with a 

 theory, confined as Dr Button's is, within the 

 field which mufl: for ever bound our inquiries, 

 and not venturing to fpeculate about the earth, 

 when in a condition totally different from the 



prefent. 

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wh 



the fut 



the two 



more like th 



fyftems ar 



the paft. BufFon reprefents the cooling' of our 

 planet, ai 



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lly advancing, and wh 



procefs conti- 

 3 no limit, but 



the final 



furface 



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dion of life and motion over all 

 d through all the interior, of the 



death of 



felf is th 



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our 



llant but gloomy objed that terminates 

 view, and reminds us of the wild fidions ofth 

 Scandinavian mythology, according to which an 



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nihilation is at lali to extend 



god 



pire even to the 



This difmal and unphilofophic vifion \ 

 thy of the genius of Buffon, and wond 



fully ill fuited 



elegance and extent of 



underftanding. It forms a coi 

 to the theory of Dr Hutton, wh 

 to be feen beyond the continuati 



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trail 



nothing 



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fent order 



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final deftruaion to the whole: and wh 



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