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ble instrument in paving the way for this sublime result, and may poste- 

 rity describe its origin, its progress, and its maturity, by adopting, with 

 a small variation, the language of the Roman bard : 



" Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo : 

 Parva metu primo; mox sese attollit in auras, 

 Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit." 



JEneid, lib. 4. 



It grew strong by exertion, and acquired strength in its progress : 

 small at first through diffidence, it soon sprung up into the sky, spread 

 over the earth, and hid its towering head in the heavens. 



