Dialogues in a Library
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ISBN13: 9781458933768
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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. Excerpt: ... DIALOGUE IX. PARMENIO. I Am perfectly convinced of the wifdom and goodnefs of Providence, fo confpicuoufly manifeftin all the obfervations you have made: but there is one thing that feems to me unaccountable, and refpeQing which I fhould be glad. to know your opinion. It is, why there fhould be fo many animals, and infects in particular, which, fo far from being ufeful, are extremely noxious; fome by their fiercenefs, and others, as well as many plants, by their poifonous nature. POLYMETIS. The fubject of your queftion, Parmenio, has fometimes excited my own reflections. The proper anfwer feems to be, be, that in great variety, the greater power and contrivance are feen; and that the fierce, poifonous and noxious creatures ferve as rods and fcourges to chaftife us, as means to excite us to wifdom, induftry and care. It is poffible, befides, that thofe creatures may be of fome ufe in the creation, which we are not able to difcover. Though the infinitely wife Creator has put it in the power of fome animals to chaftife us, yet he has fhewed no lefs wifdom and kindnefs, in ordering many, if not mod of them in fuch a manner, that it fhall be in the power of man, and other creatures, to obviate or efcape their evils. For befides the antidotes afforded by minerals, vegetables, &c. many, if not moft of our European venemous animals, carry their cure, as well as their poifon, in their own bodies. The oil, and I believe the body too of the Scorpion, is a certain remedy againft its ftroke. A-bee, wafp, or hornet, crufhed and rubbed, and then applied to the part with a bandage, is a certain cure for the ftiog of thofe creatures; tures; and it is reputed, that the flefh, efpecially the head of vipers, affords a remedy for their bites. Our vipercatchers have a...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458933768 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458933768 |
| Weight | 0.33 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.23 In |
| List Price | $15.84 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 94 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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