THE vegetable world supplies us with a few instances of products so important to mankind, whether in a state of civilization or otherwise, as to impress the strongest conviction that they were expressly created for his use. We find their applicability...
THE vegetable world supplies us with a few instances of products so important to mankind, whether in a state of civilization or otherwise, as to impress the strongest conviction that they were expressly created for his use. We find their applicability to man's purposes so complete, their utility so direct and evident, that the mind is carried irresistibly to the conclusion, that He who formed all created things for his own pleasure, and to beautify the world we inhabit, formed some which He intended to constitute his special gifts to the human family.