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thofe at leaft who hold the Mind and the Body to he diftindl fub- 

 ftances. 



What puts an end, in my apprehenfion, to this qnef^ion, an ! cfta- 

 blifhes, beyond all doubt, that it is Mind that makes the ditlinaiciii 

 of men, is the cafe of races and families, which, I taink, Ihave pro- 

 ved to be diftlnguifhed from one another, both in Mind and Body. 

 Now, if, not only in the fame climate, but in the fame nation or 

 country, where the air, tlie water, the foil and the fruits of tiie 

 earth are the fame, the individuals be not only different, but the fa- 

 ihilies and the races, it is impoffible that this diiference can be ac^ 

 counted for from climate, foil, water, or air. 



And this theory of mine, that the difference of men and of fami- 

 lies of men, is not owing to material caufes, fuch as loil and climate, 

 is confirmed by the analogy of other animals ; and particularly of 

 horfes, the moft beautiful animal on earth next to man, and of more 

 ufe and ornament to us than any other. Although Arabia be the 

 parent country of fine horfes, all the horfes there arc far from being 

 equally good ; for they have vulgar horfes that they value very little : 

 And among thofe that are good, they make a great diiUndion, di- 

 viding them into three races, and thefe again into families, which 

 they call Noble, whofe .genealogies they preferve, as 1 have faid, 

 moft carefully, taking care that the race is not debafed by any vul- 

 gar mixture ; and they fet fo high a value upon them, that it is very 

 difficult to get any of thefe high bred horfes out of the country: Nor 

 do I believe that any one horfe of the firfl race ever came to Eu- 

 rope; and I doubt much whether any mare of any of the three races 

 ever was feen in Europe ; for they are more careful of them ftill 

 than of the horfes, imagining, and, I believe not without reafon, 



that 



