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We have heard of those who fancied that they beheld a signal instance of thehand of the Creator in the celebrated cataract of Niagara. Such instances of thepower of sensible and near objects to influence certain minds, only prove howmuch easier it is to impress the imaginations of the dull with images that are novel, than with those that are less apparent, though of infinitely greater magnitude. Thusit would seem to be strange indeed, that any human being should find more towonder at in any one of the phenomena of the earth, than in the earth itself; orshould especially stand astonished at the might of Him who created the world, when each night brings into view a firmament studded with other worlds, eachequally the work of His hands Nevertheless, there is (at bottom) a motive for adoration, in the study of thelowest fruits of the wisdom and power of God. The leaf is as much beyond ourcomprehension of remote causes, as much a subject of intelligent admiration, asthe tree which bears it: the single tree confounds our knowledge and researchesthe same as the entire forest; and, though a variety that appears to be endlesspervades the world, the same admirable adaptation of means to ends, the samebountiful forethought, and the same benevolent wisdom, are to be found in theacorn, as in the gnarled branch on which it gre
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Cooper, James Fenimore
- ISBN: 9798718641981
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.02 x 0.75
- Number Of Pages: 336
- Publication Year: 2021
Language:
English