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very naturally been led to expect, viz : that in all the varieties of form 
and structure and change which the study of the mineral kingdom dis- 
plays, laws as fixed and immutable prevail as in the most complicated 
mechanism of the human frame, or in the motions of the heavenly bo- 
dies ; and if astronomy has discovered how beautifully * the heavens 
declare the glory of God,' as certainly do we feel assured by the inves- 
tigations of geology that the earth * showeth his handiwork.' " 
To accomplish all the objects referred to in this report, your com- 
mittee have directed their chairman to ask leave to introduce three se- 
veral bills. 
