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 world from its chaos to order and system, by exposing to every individual the knowledge of self, and its connection with nature. Man would then exist in all the plenitude of his essence, connecting himself with all sensitive matter. He would stop the vibrations of violence upon the great chain of nature, and the moulds of animation would be perfectioned to communicate happiness to the universal inter-revolution of matter; and though the chain of nature might be agitated from time to time, by opposition to the offensive volition of destructive animals, as ignorant men, beasts of prey, and venemous reptiles; yet its vibration would subside when the cause was removed, and sympathy would resume its power to