Theism: The Witness of Reason and Nature to an All-Wise and Beneficent Creator

In passing my Essay through the press, I have submitted it to a careful and thorough revision. Although the subject had been long in my mind, it had, in the end, assumed form very hurriedly; and on my receiving the manuscript back, many parts appeared to me greatly capable of improvement. I have not hesitated, therefore, to correct freely, with the view of imparting to the argument greater consistency, and to the whole a better finish. In its general plan and principles, however, the Essay remains substantially the same. Of the truth of these principles I feel, with the farther opportunity of reflection, only the more convinced, if I still continue to feel, as I truly do, that my representation of them is very imperfect.