302 Some reajonahie 'Reflections on 
The minute Size of microfcopical An!” 
malcules, and the little Space they occupy, 
when compared with ourfelves and the Room 
we fill, may poffibly increafe our Pride and 
Folly, and make us imagine ourfelves of 
mighty Confequence in the Creation. But 
if we carry our Thoughts upwards, and 
.compare the Body of a Man to the Bulk of 
a Mountain, that Mountain to the whole 
Earth, the Earth to the Circle it defcribes 
round the Sun, that Circle to the Sphere of 
the fixt Stars, the Sphere of the fixt Stars to 
the Circuit of the whole Creation, and the 
whole Creation itfelf to the infinite Space 
that is every where dififufed about it, we 
fhall find ourfelves fink to Nothing.-—~ 
“ * Were the Sun, with all its planetary 
<£ Worlds, utterly extinguifhed and annihi- 
la ted, they would no more be miffed in 
<e the grand Univerfe than a Grain of Sand 
<c upon the Sea-fhore : the Space they pof- 
££ fefs is fo exceeding little, in companion 
* £ of the Whole, that it would fcarce make 
t( a Blank in the Creation. The Chafm 
° would he almofl imperceptible to an Eye 
££ that could take in the whole Compafs of 
<f Nature, and pafs from one End of the 
s£ Creation to the other.” What then is 
* Vide Spectators Numb. 565. 
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