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THE SIGNS OF
CREATION IN
WATER
This, as most other of the Atheists' Arguments, pro-
ceeds from a deep Ignorance of Natural Philosophy;
for if there were but half the sea that now is, there
would also be but half the Quantity of Vapours, and
consequently we could have but half as many Rivers
as now there are to supply all the dry land we have
at present, and half as much more; for the quantity
of Vapours which are raised, as well as to the heat
which raised them. The Wise Creator therefore did so
prudently order it, that the seas should be large
enough to supply Vapours sufficient for all the land.
John Ray, 18th century British Naturalist 76
