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L 4vater’s 
ESSAY XVI. 
t^pon Phpfwgnompy and the Study of Features ; 
with RiileSy Sic. 
BEFORE we lay down the principles of this 
fcience, it becomes us to draw a line of diftiiiQion 
between differences in particular limbs and fea- 
tures, and that general uniformity which is vifible 
through the whole creation. 
Nature not only draws, but executes, all her de- 
figns upon an univerfal fcale, where every ray of 
glory is pointed towards a common center. The 
heart beats with the fame fpark of life that moves 
the finger; the fame Divine Power modelled the 
ikull and the nails. Art differs by only matching 
pieces of works defigned by human genius. 
But in the great and marvellous mould every 
creature feems to have been calt at once ; all the parts 
are compact ; the flock rifes into a flalk that pro- 
duces branches bearing fruit and flowers, the whole 
being united, down to the roots of the tree. 
Yet, notwithftanding their clofe union, the pro- 
duftion of one branch, A, cannot be faid to grow 
upon another, B ; much lefs does it belong to a 
‘ different 
