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while, by the second relation, it becomes a type or 
emblem of other animals with which it has no posi- 
tive connection, or consanguinity. 
(128.) Having now briefly stated, in as compre- 
hensive terms as the intricacy of the subject will 
admit, the theoretical difference between analogy 
and affinity, and given the student a leading clue by 
which he can separate the diversified relations he 
will find in nature, we shall, in the succeeding 
chapter, conduct him a step further; and, by en- 
deavouring to point out such considerations as 
should influence all natural arrangements, or theo- 
ries of classification, prepare him, in some measure, 
for entering upon the philosophic investigation 
of nature. 
