12. Perception in all animals.
Perception, I believe, is, in some degree, in all sorts of animals; though in some
possibly the avenues provided by nature for the reception of sensations are so few, and the perception they are
received with so obscure and dull, that it comes extremely short of the quickness and variety of sensation which is
in other animals; but yet it is sufficient for, and wisely adapted to, the state and condition of that sort of animals
who are thus made. So that the wisdom and goodness of the Maker plainly appear in all the parts of this
stupendous fabric, and all the several degrees and ranks of creatures in it.