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It muft therefore happen, not by miracle, but in the ordinary courfe 

 of Nature. And, if fo, it cannot be afcribed to any other caufe, ex- 

 cept to the race. But, it is to be obferved, that it is not always the 

 qualities of the father and mother that go to the child, but often 

 thofe of the grandfather and grandmother, or even of a remoter pie- 

 decefTor. 



And thus, I think, I have proved, that diftindion of races and 

 families, has a foundation in Nature. This is a point of great im- 

 portance in the hiflory and philofophy of Man, whereof I fhall 

 make much ufe in the fequcl. 



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