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of Nature in operation throughout the universe, infinite sublimity, 
grandeur, and perfection, and is led to exclaim with Cowper 
(‘The Task,’ hk. v.) : 
“ His are the mountains, and the valley his. 
And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy 
With a propriety that none can feel 
But who, with filial confidence inspired. 
Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye. 
And smiling say : ‘ My Father made them all ! ’ 
Ai e they not his by a peculiar right. 
And by an emphasis of interest his, 
Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, 
Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind 
With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love. 
That planned, and built, and still upholds, a world 
So clothed with beauty for rebellious man.” 
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