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THE YOUNG FLORIST. 



curious Calabrian philosopher, upon observing 

 the nature of the plant, without being able to 

 discover the cause of its sensibility, became 

 insane. We may learn something from this 

 plant. 



It would be foolish for us to say there was 

 no such thing as a sensitive plant, (now plainly 

 before our eyes,) because enlightened men 

 cannot explain the cause of its sensitiveness. 

 But would it be equal to the folly of saying 

 there was no God ? or that we did not believe 

 that he existed from eternity ? or in the other 

 doctrines of the Bible relating to himself, which 

 are as plainly revealed to us there, — as this 

 plant is to our eyes — because they cannot be 

 comprehended by enlightened reason ! It is 

 no wonder men become insane, like the Cala- 

 brian philosopher, when they attempt to ex- 

 plain or to look into things too high for the 

 human mind. 



