“In every part of the universe we observe means adjusted with the nicest artifice to the ends which they are intended to produce; and in the mechanism of a plant, or animal body, admire how every thing is contrived for advancing the two great purposes of nature, the support of the individual, and the propagation of the species.” MeanTwoEndsBodyPurposeUniverseIndividualAnimalSupportProducePlantSpeciesAdmireMechanismAdvancingArtificePropagation Book:The Essential Adam Smith Source: The Essential Adam Smith