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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. 



