The result, therefore, of this physical enquiry is that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.

The result, therefore, of this physical enquiry is that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.

If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite variety among the individuals of that species, we must be assured, that, on the one hand, those which depart most from the best adapted constitution, will be most liable to perish, while, on the other hand, those organised bodies, which most approach to the best constitution for the present circumstances, will be best adapted to continue, in preserving themselves and multiplying the individuals of their race.

There is no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.

A soil adapted to the growth of plants, is necessarily prepared and carefully preserved; and, in the necessary waste of land which is inhabited, the foundation is laid for future continents, in order to support the system of the living world.

The globe of this earth … [is] … not just a machine but also a organised body as it has a regenerative power.

Error, never can be consistent, nor can truth fail of having support from the accurate examination of every circumstance.