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Wherever we see marks of contrivance, we are led for its cause to an intelligent author.
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The quote says that whenever something appears deliberately arranged or designed, we naturally look for an intelligent author or maker as its cause. “Marks of contrivance” means visible signs of planning rather than accident or chance. The statement presents intentional design as evidence that some intelligent source is responsible for what we observe.
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