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    sa $ ife < i ur experiience of it § jxteijQ | nen 9 . dpes nof enibrace all me past , all the sensations of ^ U the jnUIipng exis ting , and all posterity to boot . We know

    life we cognise it , although we dq npjt Jaiow all of Vhich it is capable ; nor even wlrat it is , as a by-stander would , that is ,

    one who conjteniplated life , without himself living . Tlius we know Ifrutji when we eat our breakfast ; when we walk

    abroad ; when we kiss our cjiildyen ; when we squeeze our Mends' hands ; when even , Eggrtqn , we scrutinise a shel } q r a flower .

    yfe go Jltrough life like one wjio travel ^ on a builded road , < $ der than the Roman ways and we almost forget at tiine ^ tKe tangled forest , the sedgystream , and ] bhe frig ht-tinted broken ground of the lusty

    Jl $ atfi . f iere $ nd there we cpjne uppn g . beetle scrambling pyer the dusjfc ; a hare dashes ^ crq ^ s our path ; or a break iii tjxeheidg ^ shc ^ ws us the trees , $ u , ch as ^ 4 ^ k 4 P p or ^ brjoken bj ^ nk giyes us a gijin ^ pse of t | ie soijL trodden by I / ftp v ^ sjt preadajoaj [) tes- We turn ^ feFl ' fe * % i % ? % p Truth ; ^ tnd the mjind p shes |( iro ^ t ^ e g ^ like the un-^ te ^ -fe ^ w ^ Pps . '} 3 SW ; fe * ft % ? ffg % RfMf | ^ ^ ddlerg ^ l . Such js the exerpJ ^ e that ieeps us sound

    Viet iieart-whole ^/ and niake ^ me blood spin L a gladder course . Jfccis ^ d ^ eea ^ . It vali ses i jp Aief ^ nf of icfpr . ejs : ^ n ^ , wmch we are , constitutied nt

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    present to yecggnjp . fy ^ pi re ^ ein |) raiice $$ thiese t ^| pap ; e | the dqufl reflection of mein from the formalised elements pf which tjbe arMci ^ l rpad l ^ tf is made , the topg ' pjf' fneni | i ^ future , md jfchQ enjoyment ojF them when realise ^* which constitute tjiie whole Truth of existence . Thus the contemplation of Truth , even m detached parts , cut up in detai ^ , enlarges the anipunjb of our kn ^ wr ledge of tlje entire Tputn ; augpnents , ih fact , our e ^ isjtence .

    We do not , it js true experience a ] l that is gpin ^ | prward £ n t | ie uniyerse . B ^ we have som « e experience of th | g part of it whicji we inh ^ L Nav more , w ^ inWfet a J > j | neJ ; and we have JnQrefbre ^ xp , erience of many of ihose phenomena which are common to planets . JLnere is a twin nrmament which we peep gt afar , formed as pur own p , like g , ring split in qne ffffei . ffoyir tne

    we Know sometftmff or pos'• T . 1 r ' ; " ' 2 ' * ' ^ 1 1 4 T * ' "' sible sspfatjoii ? whidi J ) e ^ *? d ^ S ^ ^ ^ s ™^ w shaped Jijke $ ring spljit m ^ ne part . Ffirther ,

    an . Now w ^ # that among the ppssible coiisequences 01 existence j & re $ efisatiop and happiness , both * of which we liind to be durable to the verge pi our ejcperienjte ; while pain , tr it exist at iy [| m

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• Citation
  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1837, page 406, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01121837/page/38/