ON THE CAUSES OF ORGANIZATION. 545 



their relative situations, connections and propor- 

 tioas. 



The wonder is, that these agents or active sub- 

 stances, possessed only of limited powers, and 

 frequently re-acted upon by their organs, and 

 through the medium of these organs, by external 

 causes, can, amidst the diversities of climate and 

 circumstance, and from such an immense variety 

 of materials, as must often occur in the food and 

 drink, be able to construct regular systems so fre- 

 quently as they do. 



In this view, a monstrous production should 

 cease to be a matter of any surprise, as, weigh- 

 ing and deliberating on every circumstance, those 

 which are termed natural productions, seem by 

 much the greater wonder of the two. And 

 when we consider how accurately preserved are 

 the regular proportions between the sexes and 

 accompanying instincts in sex and species, not- 

 withstanding the powers bestowed upon many 

 of regulating their temperature to a certain ex- 

 tent, we are tempted to suspect the superin- 

 tendence, direction, and assistance of some su- 

 perior power and intelligence that is not embar- 

 rassed by these differences of time or place, or the 

 changes of circumstance in which they are pro- 

 duced. 



At the same time, from observing that this 

 power is not extended to unlimited degrees, 

 and to fewer degrees with regard to individuals 



