Conjectures on the cause of thunder . diners SrciKhlyi^ yi <Lt l*j (si. TO Martin Folkes^ Efq; L L. D. Preiident of the Royal Society. March 26, 1750. HEN io great and unufual ^fhano-menon, as an earthquake, and thatrepeated, happens among us 3 itwill naturally excite a ferious reflexion in everyone that is capable of thinking. And wecannot help considering it, both in a philofo-phical, and a religious view. Any mind willtake the alarm, when we perceive a motionthat affe&s the earth, that bears the whole cityof London^ and fome miles round it. And atthe fame time while it gives us fo fenfib
Conjectures on the cause of thunder . diners SrciKhlyi^ yi <Lt l*j (si. TO Martin Folkes^ Efq; L L. D. Preiident of the Royal Society. March 26, 1750. HEN io great and unufual ^fhano-menon, as an earthquake, and thatrepeated, happens among us 3 itwill naturally excite a ferious reflexion in everyone that is capable of thinking. And wecannot help considering it, both in a philofo-phical, and a religious view. Any mind willtake the alarm, when we perceive a motionthat affe&s the earth, that bears the whole cityof London^ and fome miles round it. And atthe fame time while it gives us fo fenfible aijiake, fo gently fets us down again; withoutdamage to any buildings,, and without a life hard to fay, which is the greater won-der. But alas ! in the works of nature, thereare no degrees of great, and little; comparifonsare incompatible. We indeed are more affec-ted with what feems great in our own appre- A 3 henfions: 6 The Philofofihy of henfions: I would rather fay, what is rare andunufual. An omnipotent power admits ofno distinctions. And when prod
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