Excerpt from The Christian Examiner and General Review, 1843, Vol. 35: Third Series, Volume XVII The earth was given us by a generous Providence for our habitation. Our organs and their functions, and the necessities of our powers are perfectly fitted to external nature. Between the wants of the animal body and the elements there is a beautiful harmony. For every need of our organs or our life God has created an abundant supply. Some of these things are supplied to us all ready for our use, - as the air for the lungs and respiration, the light for the eye, the water for drink other things are given to us in the raw material unfit for use. But then we have intellect given us to perceive the powers and worth of these, and their convertibility into such shapes or combinations as our bodies may require. - p. 90. 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.