There’s Nothing so Great as not to stand in Need of many things, in
Common Appearance, the most Contemptible: And there is Nothing again so
Despicable; but that at some Time, or in some Case or other, it may be
of Use and Service to us. ’Tis True, That one Thing is Preferible to
another, in some Sort, or in some Respect; but it is True withal, that
every Distinct Being has somewhat Peculiar to it self, to make Good in
one Circumstance what it Wants in Another. It is the Ignorance of the
Nature of things, that makes us Despise, even the Meanest of Creatures.
All Things are Created Good in their several Kinds, as All things
severally are Subservient, in some Degree or other, to the Beauty, the
Order, and the Well-being of the Whole. That which we find in the Course
of Nature, holds likewise in Government, where the Lowest has its Post
Allotted it as well as the Highest. All Created Beings, in fine, are the
Works of Providence and Nature, that never did any thing in Vain. And
the Moral of this Parable of the _Lyon_, the _Ass_, and the _Hare_, runs
through the Universe; for there are _Hares_, _Lyons_, and _Asses_, in
Kingdoms and Commonwealths, as well as in Fields and in Forests: And the
Drift of This Figure holds good in All the Parts of the Creation.