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 But let us push our inquiry on the subject a little further, that we may see more distinctly the ground and origin as well as the truth of this heavenly doctrine of the Grand Man.

Everything that exists must exist in some form. And the forms of all things will be found to correspond to their essential nature, or to the kind of life that determines and moulds their forms. The form always corresponds to the essence. The ox, the eagle, the lion, the dove, each has a form suited to its needs, or correspondent to its own peculiar life. It hence follows, that the higher and nobler the life, the more beautiful and perfect will be the form; otherwise there would be no correspondence or agreement one with the other. If we look at the lowest creatures in the animal kingdom, we find them closely allied to vegetables, consisting of few parts, and these comparatively simple in their structure. Their forms are inferior, and their wants and capacities correspondingly limited. As we ascend the scale of animated nature we find a gradual increase of wants; powers more varied; faculties enlarged and multiplied. And corresponding to this increase of desires, and enlargement and multiplication of faculties, we find the forms of life also becoming more complex and perfect. We find them rising above the earth, provided with the means of locomotion, and simulating, in degrees