Excerpt from A Discourse Delivered Before the Trustees, Faculty, and Students of Rutgers College, at New Brunswick, New Jersey, on the 14th of July, 1829, the Day Preceding the Annual Commencement But man is endowed by his Maker with moral and intellectual powers, which not only distinguish him from all the visible crea tion, but absolutely separate him from any affinity with it. His bodily frame is dust, fearfully and wonderfully made; but still a portion of inanimate matter, which cleaves to the. Ground! His bodily powers, his sensual passions and appetites have their dwelling upon the earth, in common with the animal creation. His intellect - his power of large discourse, looking before and after, aspires to communion with intelligence, and seeks its kindred beyond the limits of this life. His animal nature may truly say to the worm, Thou art my brother, and to corruption, Thou art my sister and 'my mother! His intellectual and mo ral faculties have no fellowship upon earth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.