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OF THE 
USE of CURIOSITY, 
B Y 
CHRISTOPHER GEDNER, 
Upfal, 1752. Odober2i. 
Amaen. Academ. vol. 3* 
§. I. 
A S the three kingdoms of nature were cre- 
ated for the ufe of man, fince to him 
alone is granted the prerogative of converting 
their inhabitants to his own advantage, fo that 
part of knowledge which is converfant about 
the creatures throughout the terraqueous globe 
is the firft, and chief by which men are enabled 
to provide themfelves with what is necefiary, 
both for the prefent , and future •, and the 
more fo becaufe, befides thefe three king- 
doms, and the elements there is nothing in 
M nature 
