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Himself without witness察─in nature itself察              that He is the God of grace。 

Why speak of the God of nature and               the God of grace as two antithetical 

terms拭The Bible never察in a            single instance察makes the distinction察and 

surely察if God be as        He is the Eternal and Unchangeable One察and if as 

we all confess       the universe bears the impress of His signet察we have no 

right察 in    the present   infantile state of   science察to put   arbitrary  limits   of 

our own to the revelation   which   He may  have thought good   to   make   of 

Himself   in   nature。     Nay察  rather察  let   us   believe   that察  if   our   eyes were 

opened察we should fulfil the requirement of Genius察to ;see                    the universal 



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in   the   particular察─   by  seeing    God's    whole     likeness察   His    whole     glory察

reflected as in a mirror even in the meanest                flower察and that nothing but 

the dulness of our own souls prevents               them from seeing day and night in 

all things察however small or           trivial to human eclecticism察the Lord Jesus 

Christ Himself         fulfilling His own saying察 My Father worketh hitherto察

and I     work。; 

     To me it seems to sum up察in a few words察what I have tried to                       say 

that    such    development       and    progress     as  have    as   yet   been     actually 

discovered       in  nature察   bear   every    trace   of  having    been     produced       by 

successive      acts   of  thought     and   will   in  some     personal     mind察    which察

however   boundlessly   rich   and   powerful察  is   still   the        Archetype   of   the 

human mind察  and therefore   for to this   I confess   I            have been   all   along 

tending      probably      capable察    without     violence     to    its   properties察    of 

becoming察like the human mind察incarnate。 

     But   to   descend   from   these   perhaps   too   daring   speculations察  there   is 

another察  and   more   human察  source   of   interest   about   the   animal   who   is 

writhing feebly in the glass jar of salt water察for he is one of                    the many 

curiosities which have been added to our fauna by that                    humble hero Mr。 

Charles Peach察the self´taught naturalist察of whom察                as we walk on toward 

the rocks察something should be said察or rather                read察for Mr。 Chambers察in 

an often´quoted passage from his              Edinburgh Journal察which I must have 

the pleasure of quoting once            again察has told the story better than we can 

tell it此 

     ;But     who    is  that   little  intelligent´looking       man    in   a  faded    naval 

uniform察 who   is   so   invariably  to   be   seen   in   a particular   central     seat   in 

this section拭     That察gentle reader察is perhaps one of the              most interesting 

men   who   attend   the   British   Association。        He   is    only   a   private   in   the 

mounted guard   preventive service   at an              obscure   part of   the   Cornwall 

coast察  with   four   shillings   a   day察  and  a   wife   and   nine   children察  most   of 

whose      education     he   has    himself    to   conduct。       He     never    tastes   the 

luxuries   which   are   so   common   in   the       middle   ranks   of   life察  and   even 

amongst a large portion of the             working classes。         He has to mend with 

his own hands every sort of             thing that can break or wear in his house。 

Yet Mr。 Peach is a         votary of Natural History察not a student of the science 



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in   books察   for   he   cannot   afford   books察  but   an   investigator   by   sea   and 

shore察a     collector of Zoophytes   and   Echinodermata ´   strange   creatures察

many      of   which   are   as   yet   hardly   known   to   man。     These   he   collects察

preserves察and describes察and every year does he come up to the                       British 

Association       with    a   few    novelties     of  this   kind察   accompanied         by 

illustrative   papers   and   drawings此      thus察  under   circumstances   the        very 

opposite     of   those   of  such    men    as  Lord    Enniskillen察    adding察   in   like 

manner察to the general stock of knowledge。                On the present       occasion he 

is unusually elated察for he has made the discovery of a                   Holothuria with 

twenty tentacula察a species of the Echinodermata                which Professor Forbes察

in his book on Star´Fishes察has said was             never yet observed in the British 

seas。    It may be of small moment              to you察who察mayhap察know nothing 

of   Holothurias此     but   it   is   a considerable   thing to the   Fauna of   Britain察

and   a   vast   matter   to   a  poor   private   of   the   Cornwall   mounted   guard。 

And accordingly he          will go home in a few days察full of the glory of his 

exhibition察     and   strong   anew   by   the   kind   notice   taken   of   him   by   the 

masters   of     the   science察  to   similar   inquiries察  difficult   as   it   may   be   to 

prosecute   them察  under   such   a   complication   of   duties察  professional         and 

domestic。       Honest      Peach     humble     as   is  thy   home察   and    simple    thy 

bearing察    thou    art  an  honour     even    to  this   assemblage      of   nobles    and 

doctors此    nay察 more察when we   consider everything察thou art   an                honour 

to   human   nature   itself察  for   where   is   the   heroism   like   that of   virtuous察

intelligent察    independent      poverty拭      And     such    heroism     is    thine ─    

CHAMBERS' EDIN。 JOURN。察Nov。 23察1844。 

     Mr。 Peach has been since rewarded in part for his long labours in                    the 

cause   of   science察 by  having been   removed   to   a   more   lucrative         post   on 

the north coast of Scotland察the earnest察it is to be              hoped察of still further 

promotion。 

     I   mentioned   just   now   Synapta察  or察  as   Montagu   called   it察  Chirodota此

a much better name察and察I think察very uselessly changed察for                     Chirodota 

expresses the peculiarity of the beast察which consists in                ´ start not察reader 

´   twelve   hands察  like   human   hands察  while   Synapta       expresses   merely   its 

power   of   clinging   to   the   fingers察  which   it   possesses   in   common   with 

many other animals。          It is察at least察a     beast worth talking about察as for 



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finding one察I fear that we have          no chance of such good fortune。 

     Colonel   Montagu   found   them   here   some   forty   years   ago察  and   after 

him察Mr。 Alder察in 1845。          I found hundreds of them察but only once察               in 

1854     after   a  heavy    south´eastern      gale察 washed     up   among      the  great 

Lutrariae in a cove near Goodrington察but all my dredging outside                    failed 

to procure a specimen ´ Mr。 Alder察however察and Mr。 Cocks                       who find 

everything察and will at last certainly catch Midgard察the              great sea´serpent察

as Thor did察by baiting for him with a bull's            head察have dredged them in 

great numbers察the former察at Helford             in Cornwall察the latter on the west 

coast    of   Scotland。     It   seems察    however察     to  be   a  southern     monster察

probably  a   remnant察  like   the    great   cockle察 of   the   Mediterranean   fauna察

for Mr。 MacAndrew finds             them plentifully in Vigo Bay察and J。 M l ler 

in the Adriatic察off      Trieste。 

     But    what    is  it  like拭 Conceive      a  very    fat  short  earth´worm察     not 

ringed察   though察   like   the  earth´worm察     but  smooth     and   glossy察  dappled 

with darker spots察especially on one side察which may be the upper                      one。 

Put round its mouth twelve little arms察on each a hand with                   four ragged 

fingers察and on the back of the hand a stump of a                 thumb察and you have 

Synapta      Digitata   Plates   IV。   and   V。察 from    my    drawings      of  the   live 

animal。      These hands it puts down to its           mouth察generally in alternate 

pairs察  but   how    it  obtains  its  food   by   them   is    yet  a  mystery察   for  it

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