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ot greatly inferior to the beasts, may be seen in those tribes 

 lowest in the scale of civilization, who live and prt-y upon 

 animals. The manner in which one Indian will track another 

 through the forest, is almost equal to a dog's faculty of scent. 

 Tin- instinct which shows the former how to make a fire ; to 

 know the signs of the weather ; which tells the natives of 

 northern latitudes to eat no salt, and to drink no cold water in 

 winter ; while their more civilized neighbors bring on sickness 

 and disease by overdosing themselves with both, all show that 

 the animal mind only wants cultivation. He can also outwit 

 the fox, and outstrip -the swiftest antelope with cunning; 

 besides he can bid the elephant do his will, and is also able to 

 combat the lion with advantage. 



How is it then since man at first rose above the brutes, that his 

 animal mind proved to be of such little use to him ; that as he 

 progressed in knowledge, skill, science and art, he knew so little 

 of the weather ; that he distrusted his appetite ; that he could 

 not cure himself when sick, and died more by ignorance than 

 disease ? Surely man was not given a divine mind to acquire 

 a superior knowledge of nature and art, and to forget what con- 

 cerns his life, and the best way of preserving his health and 

 existence on earth. Certainly not. His Divine mind, if 

 consulted and properly controlled, was given to aid him in 

 understanding all that the brutes know, and infinitely more ; but 

 man distrusted or misused it. He preferred to trust and be 

 taught of brother man, " while the beast was taught of God." 

 Till therefore he dethrones the authority of man, and seeks 

 wisdom by prying for the sources of natural law in nature 

 .herself, and applying it properly, his progress will only be 



