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ally on each other. Thus in the cafes of 

 intoxication, ficknefs, and mania, the nnind 

 is afFefted by the affections of the body. In 

 fear, forrow, joy, &c. the body is affefted by 

 the affeftions of the mind. From thefe fads 

 he concludes, that wherever a particular form 

 or bodily charatfler, appears in a human crea- 

 ture, and we know before hand from obfervation, 

 and an indudlion of particulars, that a certain 

 mental character is conftantly concomitant, 

 and therefore neceflarily connefted therewith, 

 we have a right in all fuch cafes to infer the 

 difpofition from the appearance — and this, whe- 

 ther we have drawn our obfervation from men 

 or other animals. For as there is one mental 

 charafler, and one corporeal form of a lion, 

 and another of a hare, wherever in human 

 creatures we obfcrve the bodily charafteriftics 

 of a lion, (fuch as ftrong and thick hair, large 

 extremities, a deep tone of voice, &c.) we 

 ought to infer, ftrength, firmnefs and courage. 

 Wherever on the contrary, we fee the flender 

 extremities, foft capillament, or any other 

 feature of the hare, we ought to conclude a 

 proportional correfpondence in the mental cha- 

 racter. Upon this principle he enumerates the 

 various corporeal features of man, and the 

 correfpondent difpofitions fo far as they have 

 been obferved ; and as opportunities offer, he 

 illuftrates them by an appeal to the foregoing 



analogy. 



