THE UNIVERSE. 



the midst of its throes, our globe cleaves its mountains 

 and opens up its abysses; and upon each of its gigantic 

 ruins, as upon each grain of sand, the philosopher finds 

 written a grand page of natural theology. 



2. Thor, the Neptune and Creator of the Scandinavians, reconstructing the Globe. 



In fact, every crumbling peak displays to our view the 

 remains of generations buried by the revolutions of the 

 globe. Their numbers, their size, their unknown forms 

 astonish ns; but we cannot doubt, for these inanimate 

 remains, of which the earth has faithfully kept the im- 

 press, are so many medaUions struck by the Creator and 



