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jknowledge, as are, in many refpefts, fo obfcure to 

 us. Thus, for example, every fpecies of animal 

 has certain traits, which are expreffive of it's cha- 

 racfler. From the fparkling and reftlefs eyes of 

 the tiger, you may difcover his ferocity and per- 

 fidy. The gluttony of the hog is announced by 

 the vulgarity of his attitude, and the inchnation of 

 his head toward the ground. All animals are per- 

 fedlly well acquainted with thofe charadlers, for 

 the Laws of Nature are univerfal. For inftance, 

 though there be in the eyes of a man, iinlefs he is 

 very attentive, an exceedingly flight exterior diffe- 

 rence between a fox and a fpecies of dog which 

 refembles him, the hen will never miftake the one 

 for the other. She will take no alarm on the ap- 

 proach of the dog, but will be feized with horror 

 the in liant that the fox appears. 



It is, ftill farther, to be remarked, that every 

 animal expreifes, in it's features, fome one ruling 

 paffion, fuch as cruelty, fenfuality, cunning, ilu- 

 pidity. But Man alone, unlefs he has been debafed 

 by the vices of Society, bears upon his counte- 

 nance the imprefs of a celeftial origin. There is 

 no one trait of beauty but what may be referred 

 10 fome virtue : fuch an one belongs to innocence, 

 fuch another to candour, thofe to generofity, to 

 roodefly, to heroifm. It is to their influence that 

 Man is indebted, in every country, for the refpeA 



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