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 The laſt tie of ſympathy was ſevered by ſuperſtition. The general harmony of this ſtupendous whole is at times diſturbed by partial diſorder; the beautiful ſyſtem of things which manifeſts the beneficence of nature, is ſometimes marred by fearful accidents that are apt on the mind of man to impreſs an idea of ſupernatural malevolence. Aghaſt, trembling before the angry Gods, he made haſte his ſoul to redeem by the blood of other creatures, and the ſanguinary cravings of immortal Rh