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We were created for the glory of the Crea- 
tor, which cannot be brought about unlefs we 
know him, either by revelation, or the works 
of the creation. As to the latter i fufpeft, that 
many come into the world, and remain here 
even to old age, who never faw the creation, 
but from afar; juft like the brute beafts, 
which cannot fail of feeing the verdure, and 
various colors, that cloath the earth, but go 
not one ftep farther. This feems to me as if 
any one, who fliould be carried into a botanic 
garden to fee the immenfe variety of plants 
brought together from all parts with incredible 
trouble, care and expence, fhould only ob- 
ferve that the leaves were green, and the flow- 
ers of various colors, juft as they are every 
where elfe* Could fuch an one be truly, and 
juftly faid to have feen the garden 2 Or if any 
one fliould go into a mqfeum, filled with na- 
|ural objefts of the rareft kind preferred in 
fpirit of wine, and fliould only attend to the 
cleamefs of the liquor, and, though he faw a 
body hanging in it, fliould not inquire what 
body it was ; would not he, who took the 
^roybje of fhewing thefe fights to fo curious a 
perfon. 
