Excerpt from Analogies of Organized Beings<br><br>B 2might exist in endless mazes of incongruity. Ana logies would of course be untraceable. But analo gies are coordinate with differences throughout all creation. Therefore in analogies we chiefly trace the unity of the designing Cause. Analogies are to be found in the relations of whole classes of organ ized beings to different portions of creation. As some portions of the globe are constantly subject to the rigour of perpetual cold, viz. The arctic circles, and the summits of the Alps, Andes, and Himalaya; others to equal severity of heat; so animals and plants of all classes exhibit peculiar adaptations to each condition of temperature. Land, air, and water are appointed media for purposes of locomotion. Legs and feet, and wings, and fins, and paddles, as in the turtle, and sails, as in the nautilus, and ar gonauta, and velella, and spirula, perform analogon offices in each. Here are analogies of wholes and of parts. Analogies appear singly in wholes, but are duplicate or multiplied in the complication of parts. Thus in the instance of teeth, as the lion is to the ant-eater amongst mammalia, so is the crocodile to the frog amongst amphibia, &amp;c. I defer further de tail to a particular illustration of the synoptical table of analogies. It may be here observed, however, that in such cases as that last instanced the double ana logy is manifested in the continued duplication of excess and defect through every class.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.