The vast Continents of Europe and Asia, are but Corners of the Creation : The Ocean is but a drop , and Mount Athos but a Grain in respect of the Universe : And the present instant of Time but a Point to the extent of Eternity. These things have all of them Little, Changeable, and Transitory Beings : Remember likewise that all things proceed from the Soul of the Universe, either by direct, or consequential Causality. Thus the growling Deformity of a Lyon, the Poyson of Serpents, Thorns and Dirt, and whatever seems Caurse , or Offensive in Nature, start out of something more Noble, or belong to the Entireness of her Beautiful Productions. ¹² Don't therefore suppose them insignificant and unworthy the Being you worship , but consider the Fountain from whence all things spring.