Natural theology : or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity : collected from the appearances of nature . / 7// ^«frf/ x\^ 14. ri,i,,,n,,i,i (>.ri„r,i. OF THE MUSCLES. 135 of his tongue ; the wonderful promptitude withwhich it executes changes of position, and theperfect exactness. Each syllable of articulatedsound requires for its utterance a specific actionof the tongue, and of the parts adjacent to it. Thedisposition and configuration of the mouth, apper-taining to every letter and word, is not onlypeculiar, but, if nicely and accurately attended to,perceptib
Natural theology : or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity : collected from the appearances of nature . / 7// ^«frf/ x\^ 14. ri,i,,,n,,i,i (>.ri„r,i. OF THE MUSCLES. 135 of his tongue ; the wonderful promptitude withwhich it executes changes of position, and theperfect exactness. Each syllable of articulatedsound requires for its utterance a specific actionof the tongue, and of the parts adjacent to it. Thedisposition and configuration of the mouth, apper-taining to every letter and word, is not onlypeculiar, but, if nicely and accurately attended to,perceptible to the sight; insomuch, that curiouspersons have availed themselves of this circum-stance to teach the deaf to speak, and to understandwhat is said by others. In the same person, andafter his habit of speaking is formed, one and onlyone, position of the parts, will produce a givenarticulate sound correctly. How instantaneouslyare these positions assumed and dismissed! hownumerous are the permutations, how various, yethow infallible! Arbitrary and antic variety is notthe thing we admire ; but variety obeying a rule,conducing to an ef
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