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THE 
INTRODUCTION. 
§§i! 4 IS! N this inquifitive Age, when the 
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32 I 22 Defire of Knowledge has fpread 
11411111 itfelf far and wide, and we fit not 
down contented* as heretofore* 
with the Opinions of ancient Times, but 
refolve to examine for Ourfelves, and judge 
from our own Experience ; it may not, per¬ 
haps, prove unacceptable to point out fome 
proper Subjects of Enquiry* 
The Works of Nature are the only Source 
of true Knowledge, and the Study of them 
the molt noble Employment of the Mind of 
Man. Every Part of the Creation demands 
his Attention, and proclaims the Powder and 
Vol. I. a Wifdom 
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