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fuppofed, and the other about twelve^ who walk in that way, having 

 been expofed when infants. 



And thus, T think, I have fhown the difference betwixt man and 

 the other animals of this earth; and fo have given the reader the fa- 

 tisfadion of being able to diftinguifh himfelf from a brute, in fuch 

 a manner as to fatisfy a philofopher. I have alfo endeavoured to 

 fliow, that, what we call ItiJlinSi^ is different both from fenfe and in- 

 tellect ; and fhall, in the next book, proceed to confider the conclu-^ 

 fion of the progrefs of the civilifed ftate of man in this world. 



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