104 SKETCHES OF CREATION. 



the simple animal forms of the primeval ocean embodied 

 in themselves germs which were capable of unfolding into 

 the richest variety of adaptations and the most exalted ca- 

 pabilities. There can be no nobler, no more instructive and 

 inspiring employment, than to stand where we do, at the 

 end of this long history, and, looking back upon it, catch 

 its method, and reproduce in our own minds the sublime 

 conceptions of the Architect of the World. 



