Cedar Keys 
limited monarchy; believes in the literature 
and language of England; is a warm supporter 
of the English constitution and Sunday schools 
and missionary societies; and is as purely a 
manufactured article as any puppet of a half- 
penny theater. 
With such views of the Creator it is, of course, 
not surprising that erroneous views should be 
entertained of the creation. To such properly 
trimmed people, the sheep, for example, is an 
easy problem — food and clothing “for us,” 
eating grass and daisies white by divine appoint- 
ment for this predestined purpose, on perceiv- 
ing the demand for wool that would be occa- 
sioned by the eating of the apple in the Garden 
of Eden. 
In the same pleasant plan, whales are store- 
houses of oil for us, to help out the stars in 
lighting our dark ways until the discovery of the 
Pennsylvania oil wells. Among plants, hemp, 
to say nothing of the cereals, is a case of evident 
destination for ships’ rigging, wrapping pack- 
ages, and hanging the wicked. Cotton is an- 
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