CHAPTER I. The Creator of the Physical World is the

Governor of the Moral World 195 II. On the Vastness of the Universe 205 III. On Man’s Place in the Universe 212 IV. On the Impression produced by the Contemplation of Laws of Nature; or, on the Conviction that Law implies Mind 223 V. On Inductive Habits; or, on the impression produced on Men’s Minds by discovering Laws of Nature 230 VI. On Deductive Habits; or, on the Impression produced on Men’s Minds by tracing the Consequences of ascertained Laws 243 VII. On Final Causes 257 VIII. On the Physical Agency of the Deity 267 IX. On the Impression produced by considering the Nature and Prospects of Science; or, on the Impossibility of the Progress of our Knowledge ever enabling us to comprehend the Nature of the Deity 273

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