Excerpt from A Book of Nature Laid Open, in a Popular Survey of the Phenomena and Constitution of the Universe: And the Appearances of Nature During Each Month of the Year In the view we are about to take of Nature, then, it shall be our chief aim, while we expatiate on the wonderful variety it presents in each department, to endeavour to establish and strengthen this pre-emi hent characteristic of our species, and' counteract that tendency to infidelity which has of late, by the labours of the wicked and designing, been rendered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.