Isaac Newton — "Can it be by accident that all birds beasts and men have their right side and le…"

Can it be by accident that all birds beasts and men have their right side and left side alike shaped (except in their bowels) and just two eyes and no more on either side the face & just two ears on either side the head and a nose with two holes and no more between the eyes & one mouth under the nose and either two fore leggs or two wings or two arms on the sholders & two leggs on the hipps one on either side & no more?
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A rhetorical question from his theological musings, arguing for intelligent design.

Date: Approximate, from his theological notes

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