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of the unsuspecting fly , which , having entrapped , it darts / orward over its wcbby empire to inflict deadly wounds on its ill-fated captive , and subsequently devours its inside , leaving its hollowed shell as a trophy of its victory , suspended in the web . . The sawfish gave the builder a fair specimen for preparing a tool with which to separate his massy timber for convenient use . The arts thus gained by the imitation of the acts ot the
having brute creation , the sciences have not been forgotten in deriving thenorigin from the same source . Man , the noblest of all the created beings , ever active ancl bent on discovery , entered deeply into the study of his own formation , and also into that of surrounding nature . The various instinctive acts of the brute creation , the wise order in which they respectively moved , the submissive obedience of some to his commands , and the ferocity of othersconvinced ghim of the wisdomgoodness
, , , and the perfection of the all-wise Creator , and filled his soul with gratitude and adoration of his God , and thereby laid the foundation to natural religion , which being sanctified by Divine revelation , led to the study of Divinity , whose influence spread happiness and social love among the more favoured race of God ' s creatures , namely mankind . Man , endowed with superior faculties , and indebted to the brute creation for inventionsancl closelwatching their various sounds and
many , y attitudes , thereby became acquainted with their wants , and recognized their good and bad humours . He was naturally on his guard against their bad humours , and profited by the sounds they occasionally emitted , in enriching his language , and in producing harmony or music . From the deafening roaring of the lion , from the bellowing of the ox down to the hissing of the serpent , from the shrill and distant scream of the eagle , from the clattering of his widely-spread wings in his safe retreat amongst their often
the most elevated clusters of barren rocks , and from returning echo , down to the humming of the beetle , and the buzzing of the bee , there is a fair contrast for man to form soft as well as acute sounds into a proper concordance to please the ear . This feeling is nowhere more beautifully expressed than it is in the pastoral symphony of that extraordinary and matchless son of Apollo , the late composer Beethoven . His happy imitation of the voicesand the trotting of the terrified
, uneasy animals at the approach of a storm ; the frig htful thunder and lightning ; the deluge of rain ; and the joyful shepherd ' s song at the return of a serene sky , are so matchless an imitation of nature ' s awful works , which only the sublime genius of Beethoven was able to depict , ancl to leave to the world as a lasting memorial of the great gift which Providence had bestowed on him . ...
The poet , the painter , and the sculptor , have all borrowed their sublimest ideas from the biute creation . The lion served them as the emblem of strength , the dog of fidelity ; whilst many other animals , either from fear of their ferocity , of their utility , or of their attachment to man , became objects of veneration . Of this Egypt has left us a striking proof , where , for instance , a filthy beetle ( the scaraba _ us sacer ) was venerated as the Creator of the Universe , and as an emblem of eternal duration . The change : of the caterpillar into a chrysalisand his subsequent
regene-, ration into a beautiful butterfly , was construed by them as a continual transmutation of all created beings from one state to another . The cow became the symbol of fruitfulness and procreation ; the cat of watchfulness ; and numerous other animals served them as symbols in nature , and , too frequently , of adoration ; so that , even in our days , cats , dogs ,
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To The Editor.
of the unsuspecting fly , which , having entrapped , it darts / orward over its wcbby empire to inflict deadly wounds on its ill-fated captive , and subsequently devours its inside , leaving its hollowed shell as a trophy of its victory , suspended in the web . . The sawfish gave the builder a fair specimen for preparing a tool with which to separate his massy timber for convenient use . The arts thus gained by the imitation of the acts ot the
having brute creation , the sciences have not been forgotten in deriving thenorigin from the same source . Man , the noblest of all the created beings , ever active ancl bent on discovery , entered deeply into the study of his own formation , and also into that of surrounding nature . The various instinctive acts of the brute creation , the wise order in which they respectively moved , the submissive obedience of some to his commands , and the ferocity of othersconvinced ghim of the wisdomgoodness
, , , and the perfection of the all-wise Creator , and filled his soul with gratitude and adoration of his God , and thereby laid the foundation to natural religion , which being sanctified by Divine revelation , led to the study of Divinity , whose influence spread happiness and social love among the more favoured race of God ' s creatures , namely mankind . Man , endowed with superior faculties , and indebted to the brute creation for inventionsancl closelwatching their various sounds and
many , y attitudes , thereby became acquainted with their wants , and recognized their good and bad humours . He was naturally on his guard against their bad humours , and profited by the sounds they occasionally emitted , in enriching his language , and in producing harmony or music . From the deafening roaring of the lion , from the bellowing of the ox down to the hissing of the serpent , from the shrill and distant scream of the eagle , from the clattering of his widely-spread wings in his safe retreat amongst their often
the most elevated clusters of barren rocks , and from returning echo , down to the humming of the beetle , and the buzzing of the bee , there is a fair contrast for man to form soft as well as acute sounds into a proper concordance to please the ear . This feeling is nowhere more beautifully expressed than it is in the pastoral symphony of that extraordinary and matchless son of Apollo , the late composer Beethoven . His happy imitation of the voicesand the trotting of the terrified
, uneasy animals at the approach of a storm ; the frig htful thunder and lightning ; the deluge of rain ; and the joyful shepherd ' s song at the return of a serene sky , are so matchless an imitation of nature ' s awful works , which only the sublime genius of Beethoven was able to depict , ancl to leave to the world as a lasting memorial of the great gift which Providence had bestowed on him . ...
The poet , the painter , and the sculptor , have all borrowed their sublimest ideas from the biute creation . The lion served them as the emblem of strength , the dog of fidelity ; whilst many other animals , either from fear of their ferocity , of their utility , or of their attachment to man , became objects of veneration . Of this Egypt has left us a striking proof , where , for instance , a filthy beetle ( the scaraba _ us sacer ) was venerated as the Creator of the Universe , and as an emblem of eternal duration . The change : of the caterpillar into a chrysalisand his subsequent
regene-, ration into a beautiful butterfly , was construed by them as a continual transmutation of all created beings from one state to another . The cow became the symbol of fruitfulness and procreation ; the cat of watchfulness ; and numerous other animals served them as symbols in nature , and , too frequently , of adoration ; so that , even in our days , cats , dogs ,