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Rh than they are from their position in the universe; and by which their identity and individuality are estabhshed. This is the only way by which first or immutable truths are evolved, and the principles of science expounded.

If it be admitted that the senses are insufficient for completing an investigation into the nature of things, the question will arise. What has man, besides the senses, that is calculated for this purpose? He has the glorious gift of intellect; the perfection of which is wisdom. And it is in the energies he displays in the endeavour to reach that exaltation, which the possession of wisdom confers, that man may boast of the splendor of his endowments, and find a scale, by which the range of his utility in the creation is measured.