Chemistry meteorology and the function of digestion considered with reference to natural theology / by William Prout.

  • Prout William, 1785-1850.
Date:
1834
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Credit: Chemistry meteorology and the function of digestion considered with reference to natural theology / by William Prout. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    is placed, is a cold climate; and that a covering of fur, is one of the best means of warding off the cold: he therefore clothed his creature in this very appropriate material. The man who clothes himself in fur to keep off the cold, performs an act directed to a certain end; in short, an act of design. So, whoever, directly or indirectly, caused the ani- mal to be clothed with fur to keep off the cold, must likewise have performed an act of design. But, under the circumstances, the clother of the animal, must be admitted to have been also the Creator' of the animal; and by extending the argument; the Creator of man himself—of the universe. Moreover, the reasoning the Cre- ator has displayed in clothing the animal, He has deigned to impart to man, who is thus enabled to recognise his Creator’s design. Such is an instance of those varied adapta- tions of means to ends around him, which man by his reasoning, appreciates; and which demonstrate to him, the existence of an intel- ligent Creator. Compared, however, with the extent of creation, the instances, numerous as they appear, in which man is thus able to trace the designs of his Creator, are really few. Man not only sees means directed to certain ends ; but ends accomplished by means, which he is totally unable to understand. He also sees, every where, things, the nature, and nornena amenable to the lows s,se. I Ike objects, in which, n than the preliminaries and tl ai id design accomplishet able to trace through their tidstacconpMmeat; as ^operations 0f cjlen] 3-Those objects, in ( 'Wastrel \ °.m thf
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