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CONTENTS.
MEDITATIONS on New Year's Day
The blessings granted to us by God in winter,
and to which we pay too little attention
Daily proofs which God gives us of his pro-
vidence.
Several uses of fire
Winter amusements
The care which providence takes of animals dur-
ing the winter season
The pleasures of winter
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Vegetables which preserve their verdure in winter 16
The singular state of man when asleep.
The advantages of the climate we inhabit.
The fertility which snow gives to the earth
Contemplation of the starry heavens
Discoveries made by means of the microscope
The advantages of night.
Reflections on myself.
The hurt occasioned by extraordinary cold
The repose of nature during winter.
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Short meditations on the works of God, drawn
Wonders of the human voice
The duty of collecting our thoughts in winter
Comets.
Snow
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The rapidity with which human life passes away 61
The frost sometimes seen on glass windows
The use of bread
Our duty in regard to sleep
Revolutions which are constantly in nature.
Every thing in nature tends to the good of man-
kind.
The influence which the cold has upon health
A temperature always the same would not be
good for the earth
The use of stars.
The wonderful make of the eye
On fogs
The flux and reflux of the sea.
The sun does not always appear
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Earthquakes
The order established by God in regard to the
life and death of man
Reflections on ice.
The spherical form of our earth
On the short duration of snow
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A short history of the creation
Bodily advantages the beasts have over us
The moon. .
The rain waters the earth, and makes it fruitful.
The images of death which winter affords.
Means to procure fire.
The equal distribution of the seasons
Elevation of the soul to God
The utility of our senses
Causes of heat and cold.
Singularities in the kingdom of minerals.
Daily proofs experienced of divine providence
Tranquillity of the night.
Winter is the image of our life
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Motives for confidence in God.
An invitation to contemplate God in the works
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of nature.
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The state of some animals during winter
Winds and tempests
The aurora borealis
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The extreme smallness of certain bodies
. 147
Winter gradually subsides
. 149
The human body relatively to its exterior parts. 151
The hope of spring.
. 153
The white frost
. 155
Variety of means which contribute to the fertility
of nature
. 156
Seeds
The advantages the sca procures us
The difference between animals and plants
The uniformity and variety in the works of na.
ture
Of the size and distance of the sun
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The imperfect knowledge we have of nature. . 171
Use of vegetables
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The change of seasons
The construction of the human heart
Several things which appear to be of no use
Harmony between the moral and physical world 181
The nature and properties of air
There is nothing new under the sun
Caves in the mountains
Circulation of the sap in trees.
Our ignorance of our future state
The insensible approaches of night
Magnificence of God in his works.
The arrangement of the seasons in other planets 197
Paternal cares of providence for the preservation
of our lives in every part of the world.
Abuse of animals
The motion of the earth
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Permanency of corporeal beings
The use of rain
The breath
Proofs which the works of the creation furnish
us of the goodness of God
Pleasing effect of the heat of the sun
Relation that all creatures have with one another 242
The integral parts of water.
The propagation of plants
Variety observable in the features of the face
God's universal care of his creatures
Flowers of the month of April.
The return of the birds
Use of forests
Pleasures which the contemplation of nature
affords
Animals are causes for man to glorify God
The system of the world.
Reflections on the blossoms of trees.
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Continual revolutions and changes in the earth. 268
An invitation to seek God in the works of nature 270
The dawn of day
Wonders of vision
Spring renews the face of the earth
The springing up of seeds
Fruitfulness of Plants.
Description of the beauties of spring
The language of animals.
The greatness and number of the creatures on
the earth
Spring is an emblem of the frailty of human life,
and an image of death.
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Spring is an emblem of the resurrection of the
body..
The attractive power of bodies
Complaints of mankind, relative to certain incon-
veniences in the laws of nature
Sins we are apt to commit in spring
The harmony and patriotism among the bees.
The prodigious number of plants on the earth
Plurality of worlds
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Difference between the works of nature and those
of art.
Leaves of trees
The reviving power of the sun.
The desires of the soul are infinite
The use of rivers
The variety of flowers
The use of venomous plants and animals.
The perfume of flowers
The multitude of animals
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