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It is also true, that there is no more hair upon 

 northern than upon southern races. As Nature 

 makes no provision, in the system of man, for change 

 of seasons, but leaves him entirely to experience as 

 a guide, so, probably, she denies to him any pro- 

 phetic instinct, such as she gives to certain animals, 

 by which they provide for the winter, that they 

 have never seen the like of. 



We have now come to a point in the discussion, 

 where we shall best be able to trace the instinctive 

 principles in the whole nature of man, by enumer- 

 ating the purposes for which these principles are 

 needed by him. They will, on examination, we 

 think, be found to be the necessary conditions : — 



1. For life — that is, the continuance of the in- 

 dividual and the species. 



2. For progress, of the individual and race — that 

 is, as the basis or condition of experience. 



3. For benevolence — including under this term 

 all disinterested labor for individuals and for society, 

 as a whole, from natural or moral impulses. 



4. For worship — including all specific acts, that 

 acknowledge God and duties towards Him, or rela- 

 tions to Him, distinct from all other relations. 



The instinctive principles, which secure these 

 purposes, may be simply conditions, or occasions 

 of specific actions ; or they may be self-directive 

 and self-controlling in the performance of specific 

 acts, as manifested in some animals ; or they may 

 be mainly impulsive and directive, but needing con- 

 trol and Hmitation in their action, by some higher 

 principle, that uses them as servants. And some 



