A Compendium Of Natural Philosophy

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ... and goodness which made and which governs the whole. When we contemplate the creatures in nature, we ought to hear in mind that the Almighty is both the shepherd of the whole flock, and the lord of the whole pasture; and that, therefore, we may be prepared to expect that the one part will throw light on the whole, and our prospect will brighten and broaden, till, to our grateful and delighted mind, " the earth" shall appear " full of the glory of the Lord." CHAPTER IV. ORDEnS OF MAMMALIA. 1. Names and Distinctions of Orders.--2. Four-handed Animals.--3. Carnassiers.--Cheiroptera; Inseetivora; Carnivora (plantigrade) (digitigrade) (amphibious).--4. Rodentia.--5. Edentata.--6. Pachydermata.--7. Ruminantia. --8. Cetacea.--9. Marsupialia. 1. Chiefly upon the characters which we noticed in the section immediately preceding, but with occasional reference to others, as may be necessary, the mammalia are arranged into orders, and. those orders into smaller divisions and genera, according to their structure, and their habits as intimately connected with that structure; and, by taking this method, we are enabled to gain as much knowledge of the whole as may .answer for all ordinary purposes, and that with even less labour and time than would be required for fully understanding only a few species, if we took the other method and went to the details without knowledge of the principles. Order 1. -- Bimana, two-handed. The only species which this order contains is man; and, for the reasons which have been already given, man does not properly, as man, in the most exalted and best sense of the term, belong to this division of the philosophy of nature. But let man learn of the other animals: let him go to the beasts of the field, and they will give...

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