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in his natural flate, and even in the ftate of civility; which, to 

 many of my readers, will, I know, appear a violent paradox. But 

 of this I will fay a great deal more in the fequel : And here I will 

 conclude the chapter with obferving, that aniijrials, as well as every 

 thing elfe in the univerfe, are divided into genufes and fpeciefes ; 

 and, indeed, without fuch a divifion, there would be no order or ar- 

 rangement of things in the univerfe, and confequently no fyftem. 



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