On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of man : principally with reference to the supply of his wants, and the exercise of his intellectual faculties / by John Kidd.

  • Kidd, John, 1775-1851.
Date:
1833
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    ON THE ADAPTATION OF EXTERNAL NATURE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. SECTION I. The Physical Condition of Man. When Hamlet, in contemplating the grandeur of creation, breaks forth into that sublime apostrophe on man— How noble in reason! how infinite in facul- ties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action, how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a God! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! who does not feel elated by the description? who does not feel conscious of its truth? Nor is its truth the less admissible, because the poet, in concentrating the powers of his imagination on the excellences of that work of creation which bears the stamp of the Creator's image, has omitted to present to our view the reverse of the impression, the frailty namely of our fallen nature: for although, on moral and religious considerations, each indivi-