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Excerpt from The Pleasing Preceptor, or Familiar Instructions in Natural History and Physics, Vol. 1: Adapted to the Capacities of Youth, and Calculated Equally to Inform and Amuse Their Minds During the Intervals of More Dry and Severe Study; Taken Chiefly From the German
Still this is not the whole of their recommendation. They tend in a fuper eminent degree, to expand and enlarge the mind, and infpire it with the moft exalted notions of that inefi'able Firfi Caufe, from whom all things in nature received their being, and by whom the laws, that regulate and Uphold them, were ordained. Neither are they by any means unconnet'ted with moral philof0phy; for, to the mofi valuable part of morality, practical morals, they frequently lead. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
