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Ch. IX. AND V A R I E T Y. 33x
man is fitted to receive pleasure equally from both.
Unisormity and variety are interwoven in the
works of nature with surprismg art: variety, how-
ever great, is never without some degree of uni-
formity ; nor the greatest uniformity without some
degree of variety : there it great variety in the
same plant, by the different appearances of i.ts
slem, branches, leaves, blossoms, fruit, size, and
color: and yet, when we trace that variety
through disserent plants , especially os the same
kind, there is discovered a surprismg uniformity :
again, where nature seems to have intended the
moil exaft: unisormity , as among individuals of
the same kind, there still appears a diverhty,
which lerves readily to distinguish one individual
srom another. It is indeed admirable , that the
human visage, in which unisormity is so prevalent,
should yet be so marked , as to leave no room,,
among millions, for mistaking one person for an-
other : these marks , though clearly perceived, are
generally so delicate , that words cannot be found
to describe them. A correspondcnce so perfect
between the human mind and the works os na-
ture , is extremely remarkable. The opposition
between variety and unisormity is so great, that
one would not readily imagine they could both be
relislied by the same palate ; at leas! not m the
same obj eft, nor at the same time: it is however
true, that the plealures they assord, being happily
adjusted to each other, and readily mixing in in-
man is fitted to receive pleasure equally from both.
Unisormity and variety are interwoven in the
works of nature with surprismg art: variety, how-
ever great, is never without some degree of uni-
formity ; nor the greatest uniformity without some
degree of variety : there it great variety in the
same plant, by the different appearances of i.ts
slem, branches, leaves, blossoms, fruit, size, and
color: and yet, when we trace that variety
through disserent plants , especially os the same
kind, there is discovered a surprismg uniformity :
again, where nature seems to have intended the
moil exaft: unisormity , as among individuals of
the same kind, there still appears a diverhty,
which lerves readily to distinguish one individual
srom another. It is indeed admirable , that the
human visage, in which unisormity is so prevalent,
should yet be so marked , as to leave no room,,
among millions, for mistaking one person for an-
other : these marks , though clearly perceived, are
generally so delicate , that words cannot be found
to describe them. A correspondcnce so perfect
between the human mind and the works os na-
ture , is extremely remarkable. The opposition
between variety and unisormity is so great, that
one would not readily imagine they could both be
relislied by the same palate ; at leas! not m the
same obj eft, nor at the same time: it is however
true, that the plealures they assord, being happily
adjusted to each other, and readily mixing in in-