MAKE A MEME View Large Image Devonshire coast (Page 67) (5981271106).jpg DIVINE BENEFICENCE G7 <br> animal I should not have been able to trace any re- <br> semblance to the ramified trees that had at first <br> guarded the orifice It would appear therefore that <br> ...
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Keywords: A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast (Page 67) (5981271106).jpg DIVINE BENEFICENCE G7 <br> animal I should not have been able to trace any re- <br> semblance to the ramified trees that had at first <br> guarded the orifice It would appear therefore that <br> they are to be seen in perfection only when the Pholas <br> is in high health and newly taken from its rock <br> This contrivance or rather this series of contri- <br> vances for the health and comfort of a poor shell-fish <br> that spends its whole life buried in a sepulchre of <br> stone may seem to some but an insignificant matter <br> But it strikes my mind with power as an example of <br> the beneficent care of God over all his creatures and <br> of the infinite resources of Divine wisdom in which <br> creation has been planned and executed And so far <br> from the meanness of the object on which such care <br> is bestowed rendering it less worthy of remark that <br> very circumstance ought to enhance our admiration <br> It seems less difiicult to conceive of the tender bene- <br> ficence of God exercised towards an angel or towards <br> man who was made in his own image ; but that the <br> Mind of the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eter- <br> nity should occupy itself about the feelings of such a <br> worm as this is marvellous indeed It is one of those <br> innumerable examples that occur to the Christian <br> philosopher in which the invisible things of Him from <br> the creation of the world are clearly seen being un- <br> derstood by the things that are made even his eternal <br> power and Godhead <br> anstey's cove <br> April 6th A lovely spring morning ; one of those <br> that make one say with the Royal Poet of Israel Lo 29378601 93094 42528 Page 67 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378601 1853 10 5962/bhl title 42528 Gosse Philip Henry; Hullmandel Walton NameFound Pholas NameConfirmed Pholas EOLID 56949 NameBankID 2693919 Biodiversity Heritage Library A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Information field Flickr tags and travel Devon England Great Britain Marine animals Smithsonian Institution Libraries SIL bhl page 29378601 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29378601 taxonomy binomial Pholas dactylus taxonomy binomial Pleurobranchus plumula devon england great britain sil taxonomy binomial pholas dactylus taxonomy binomial pleurobranchus plumula Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-07-27 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/5981271106 2015-09-11 05 58 14 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Pholas dactylus Pleurobranchus Berthella plumula A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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