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Excerpt from A Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation, or a Compendium of Natural Philosophy, Vol. 1 of 5
So it was in the first edition. Many of these are, now taken intg the text. easionl to'retren ch, enlarge, or alter ever y chapter, and almost every section so that it is now, I believe, not. Onlypa're, con taining nothing-false or uncertain, but as fall as any tract (3a bec expected-tube; which is compriscddn so narrow a'con'rpass; and likewise plain, clear, and intelligible; to one of a tolerable understanding. The notes containithesurn of? What is most' va luable, 'in the above-named writers; 'to whichuare added-the choicest discoveries bothof'our owit and. Ofi the foreign socie ties. These likewise, Iittrust', are as plair'i and clear as the nature'of the things spoken will allow; although'some Ofthcm, I know, will not be understood by an unlearned or inattentive reader.
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