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power and will within so the universe we “J; 
fno- ns in which we observe inanimate things, equal y 
and this is what we mean y • ’ p our reasoning 
further, as we are compelled to do of life an d 
p„™„ fa. “%-Z\ZZ£ S fi-tuy, .b. 
motion only, but also tne o u j Q f their motions, 
beauty perfection of ^mating will, which moves 
we cannot but conclude that this anim » JteUiaent. We 
and orders all, must be supreme y nerfection ourselves, 
cannot imitate such order, regular y, P d inten- 
in any degree, without the exercse, not only ot wm 
tion, but also of skill and intelligence V £ know, ^ 
anything, that it couM not are resu^ ^ be the work of 
set z s tin , tai ” 6 ” 
existence of the common^tmatenal thing isMiwg ota wat ch, 
«»“»« »' bXSir to hu .0* 
rough stone, --W hat may himself? No; it seems 
plation! Is it a living thi g, p remains where 
passive in his hands, appears o ai , ’ nressed, exhibits 
ft is placed, betrays no simply 
no organization to lead him to conclu f QW in tbe a ir 
inert matter. Is tb ^ a ' ^ We concluded it had no 
without support. It tails . „ ; n falling? Upon 
will ; by What influence then does t move m falh^ to ^ 
lifting it W«n ™ > 'if^teSownwards to the earth, and we 
one will of its own , it presses . +ViPn are 
feel what we call its weight ^"N^hrow t’^ in the 
we now to conclude, a living thing? II ^hrow « P bu t its 
air; it obeys the power we exert upon it. An**, 
motion gradually decreases , 1 is i P the earth, where 
and then again it begins to t0 n we e ’ claim . 
it remains inert, as before. Dead matter a a ^ 
It has no will of its own, it ,s ^capable n ot its own. 
is, it only can be, under some lnvis ' . ^ otber material 
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