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riches and splendour of the scene, you will more and more be 

 convinced that the fame of it has not exceeded the reality, that 

 at your outsetting the half was not told you. If you feel that 

 ignorance and superstition cannot be the proper pillars to uphold 

 the welfare of the world and support the throne of God, if you 

 agree with the Swedish Linnaeus that without knowledge of the 

 Universe, so far as it lies within our ken, neither filial reverence 

 nor due gratitude can be intelligently offered to its author, you 

 will see that Nature is given as the dominant instructor of man- 

 kind, you will think of its students as nobles round a king, and 

 will be disposed to say to their sovereign as the Queen of Sheba 

 said to Solomon, " Happy are thy men, happy are these thy 

 servants which stand continually before thee and hear thy 

 wisdom." It is open to all men to join their company and to 

 share their felicity. 



