33. Is there any human being who
has not entered on the first day of his life with an idea of that Great
Head? In whom has it not been implanted by nature, on whom has it
not been impressed, aye, stamped almost in his mother’s womb
even, in whom is there not a native instinct, that He is King and Lord,
the ruler of all things that be? In fine, if the dumb animals
even could stammer forth their thoughts, if they were able to use our
languages; nay, if trees, if the clods of the earth, if stones animated
by vital perceptions were able to produce vocal sounds, and to utter
articulate speech, would they not in that case, with nature as their
guide and teacher, in the faith of uncorrupted innocence, both feel
that there is a God, and proclaim that He alone is Lord of
all?