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LECTURE VII.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
\T7HEN we look around among the al»
moil innumerable inhabitants of this
lower Creation, we are furprized, and de-
lighted with the variety of powers bellowed
on each; and with the happy fkill by which
thofe powers are adapted to their various
fituations, and circumftances. Our great
Author has given to fome creatures, life,
breath, motion, agility ; to others he has im-
parted what feems to us bare exiftence only.
Some remain pendent to their native rocks,
or buried in profound obfcurity abide in their
fubmarine receffes : Others
Sailing with fupreme dominion,
Through the azure deep of air—.—
foar beyond our aching fight. Some bound
over the hills, and dart along the plains;
others crawl their inch a day, and in piteous
cries bewail the neceffity which impels them
to fuch rapid motion. Equally various are the
talents of creatures; fhall I call mental talents,
thofe by which fome animals conftruct their
dwellings,
LECTURE VII.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
\T7HEN we look around among the al»
moil innumerable inhabitants of this
lower Creation, we are furprized, and de-
lighted with the variety of powers bellowed
on each; and with the happy fkill by which
thofe powers are adapted to their various
fituations, and circumftances. Our great
Author has given to fome creatures, life,
breath, motion, agility ; to others he has im-
parted what feems to us bare exiftence only.
Some remain pendent to their native rocks,
or buried in profound obfcurity abide in their
fubmarine receffes : Others
Sailing with fupreme dominion,
Through the azure deep of air—.—
foar beyond our aching fight. Some bound
over the hills, and dart along the plains;
others crawl their inch a day, and in piteous
cries bewail the neceffity which impels them
to fuch rapid motion. Equally various are the
talents of creatures; fhall I call mental talents,
thofe by which fome animals conftruct their
dwellings,