The two planets beneath Mars[222] obey the sun.

The sun himself fills the whole universe with his own genial light; and the moon, illuminated by him, influences conception, birth, and maturity.

And who is there who is not moved by this union of things, and by this concurrence of nature agreeing together, as it were, for the safety of the world?
And yet I feel sure that none of these reflections have ever been made by these men.
XLVII.

Let us proceed from celestial to terrestrial things.

What is there in them which does not prove the principle of an intelligent nature?
First, as to vegetables; they have roots to sustain their stems, and to draw from the earth a nourishing moisture to support the vital principle which those roots contain.