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254 A TOUR THROUGH
active ssuid is a kind of soul that pervades
and quickens every particle of it.—-When
an equal quantity of this is diffused through
the air, and over the face of the earth,
every thing continues calm and quiet;
but if by any accident one part of matter
has acquired a greater quantity than an-
other, the most dreadful consequences often
ensue before the equilibrium can be re-
stored.—Nature seems to fall into con-
vulsions, and many of her works are de-
stroyed :—All the great phenomena are pro-
duced ; thunder, lightning, earthquakes,
and whirlwinds: For, I believe, there is
little doubt, that all these frequently depend
on this sole cause. And again, if we look
down from the sublime of nature to its
minutiae, we mail still find the same power
acting, though perhaps in Iess legible cha-
racters ; for as the knowledge of its ope-
rations is It 111 in its infancy, they are
generally misunderstood, or ascribed to
some other causc. However, I have no
doubt,
active ssuid is a kind of soul that pervades
and quickens every particle of it.—-When
an equal quantity of this is diffused through
the air, and over the face of the earth,
every thing continues calm and quiet;
but if by any accident one part of matter
has acquired a greater quantity than an-
other, the most dreadful consequences often
ensue before the equilibrium can be re-
stored.—Nature seems to fall into con-
vulsions, and many of her works are de-
stroyed :—All the great phenomena are pro-
duced ; thunder, lightning, earthquakes,
and whirlwinds: For, I believe, there is
little doubt, that all these frequently depend
on this sole cause. And again, if we look
down from the sublime of nature to its
minutiae, we mail still find the same power
acting, though perhaps in Iess legible cha-
racters ; for as the knowledge of its ope-
rations is It 111 in its infancy, they are
generally misunderstood, or ascribed to
some other causc. However, I have no
doubt,