Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-11-18

ocean, and the AIR.. Now, there is for each one
OF these path in which to go, an element TO
live in, food somewhere deposited to- sustain
lit--but hQw does each one, without delay,
without uncertainty, without mistake, find its
proper sphere and provision? Man, with all
his knowledge, could never discover it, Yet
there is not way SO dark, there is not a mode
OF action or habit SO strange OF curious, there
is not provision so hidden, but the mole, the
insect, the creature that lives but for an hour,
goes straight to its destined end, as if the clear
est reason inspired it--as if the experience of
ages guided it--as if the light of heaven shone
upon its unknown way, And heavens light
does shine upon its way-and hand Of more
than parental care leadeth it. A mighty intel
Iligence, difused every where, through every
clod of earth. through every track Of the in
habittd waters, through every region of the
lpoPulous air-a mighty intelligence there is,
like sunbeam, guiding the children of in
lstinct in the darkness and in the light, in the
obscure and the clear. in the height and in the
depth, and abroad in every unknown and, by
man, mtrodden path of the living universe.
A mighty intelligence there is, but graciousI
and kind. present with every being, providingI
for every occasion, helping the feeble, and di-
recting thu strong. opening the storehouse of
nature. and pointing each one to his obode, his
Safeguard, and his supply.
But, not only in every sphere and element
of nature, does every tribe of the animal cte-
alton need an appropriate sustenance. and al
peculiar set of habits, but each one needs al
different covering, suited to the mode and place
of its existence. With man, to provide this
clothing is the work of contrivance and art
manufactures are established at immense cost,
and every year adds to the list of new inven-
tions and new fabrics-a fair portion of all the
industry in the world is employed in these la
bors. But while man, because he is endowed
with skill to manufacture his own apparel, and
in order that he may live in all climates, and
possess the world for his inheritance. is left to
provide for himself as his exigencies require;
observe how admirably nature has taken care
for all its irrational children. They toll not
they spin not;' and yet man, in all the pride Of
regal pomp, in all the splendor of opulence, in
all the multiplicity of his inventions, is not ar
raycd like one of these; and is obliged. for his
goodliest adjoining and attire, for his down and
his furs, for his ermine and his waving plumes,
to resort to the humble creature that prowls in
the wilderness, or makes his habitation among
1.-THE rude and unsightly rocks. or steals forth
,lfrom the ices of the Pole. Wherever these
tenants of nature wander, on the mountains
THAT are covered with eternal snow. or beneath
the blazing armament of the Zone-whethel
they cut the liquid stream. or try the courses Of
!. lheaven--whether they walk forth in their nigh
S and shake the earth with their footsteps, Oh
creep among the silent reeds and by the still
: water-course--whether they paw with the war
S horse in the valley, or weave their gossame
81 web that is shaken in the breeZe-behold, eacl
= one hath his appropriate vesture, such as al
o human art could not form, and cannot initiate
It Let this art be tasked to the utmost, and
i r. IL. a.. IL 81,
IS back of the spider, and which, we may add
!? under the magnifying glass is more beautiful
d than all that the richest dyes can stamp upo
81 our most exquisitely-wrough fabrics-let thi
h art be tasked to the utmost, and it cannot max
= feather-it cannot. in its choicest soil an
II climate, cause any thing to grow like the fur
l. that are nourished amidst the frozen latitude
r of the North--it cannot form such coat {
G, mail, as guards the leviathan Of the deep.
f. And why, let it be asked, is all this and frol
" whence does it proceed? Why does that whic
lie in animals of the warm attitudes is thin COY
s, ering of hair, in the cold regions of the cart
IN thicken to a warm clothing of fur-and WI
al does this, in the severest seasons, become lol
is ger and warmer to meet the eXigencyi-a ru
cal so nvariable that the dealers in fur depend u
oh on it with perfect confidence. Could the sci
n ding of an additional garment by kind pare
he to child, destitute and exposed, more strikn
,r-lly indicate a consderate and tender carer Al
also, 10 the scales of the fish, SO perfec
he ly adapted to his element, become in the bir
he the most delicate and bouyant plumage?-
IRE clothing soft and beautiful, that nothil
We more appropriate could be given to creatur
that dwell in the air, and sing among the bra
we ches. 1t is unlike the fur of animals, which
led most resembles. in being cooler, as well as tn
ith IL is fitted for flipht-and yet when the sun
ate withdrawn his power, and the chilling shad
be come on, it is capable OF being gathered a.
i'll. wrapped more closely for a mantle in the mig
we season. Here is united in one dress, iightne
of as we'll as, beauty, istrength and buoyancy, ada
the ltation for every climate and element aPpa
oflfor the day. and clothing for the night.
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