NATURE IS A BOOK WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES, WITHIN AND WITHOUT, IN WHICH THE FINGER OF GOD IS CLEARLY VISIBLE-A SPECIES OF HOLY WRIT IN A BODILY FORM-A GLORIOUS PANEGYRIC, AS IT WERE, ON GOD'S OMNIPOTENCE, EXPRESSED IN THE MOST VIVID SYMBOLS. THE OUTER PART OF THIS SACRED VOLUME ATTESTS THE SUPREME POWER, WISDOM, AND GOODNESS, OF THE CREATOR, IN CHARACTERS TOO CLEAR AND LUMINOUS TO BE UNPERCEIVED OR MISREAD BY THE DULLEST OR THE MOST VITIATED EYE. THE INNER PAGES COMPRISE A STILL MORE GLORIOUS REVELATION, BUT THEIR LANGUAGE IS MORE MYSTERIOUS.FREDERICK VON SCHLEGEL. |