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the savage meets with in the education which he 

 bestows. 



With this experience before our eyes, then, let 

 us, who pretend to superior wisdom and civilization, 

 show ourselves also consistent, and ready to receive 

 instruction from whatever quarter it may come. As 

 God has given us bones, and muscles, and blood- 

 vessels, and nerves, for the purpose of being used, 

 let us not despise the gift, but consent at once to 

 turn them to account, and to reap health and vigour 

 as the reward which He has associated with moder- 

 ate labour. As he has given us lungs to breathe 

 with, and blood to circulate, let us give up our folly 

 of shutting ourselves up with so little intermission 

 in rooms in inactive study and sedentary occupa- 

 tions, and consent to inhale copiously and freely 

 that wholesome atmosphere which His benevolence 

 has spread around us. As He has given us appe- 

 tites and organs of digestion, let us profit by His 

 bounty, and earn their enjoyment by healthful exer- 

 cise. As He has given us a moral and a social 

 nature, which is invigorated by activity, and im- 

 paired by solitude and restraint, let us cultivate good 

 feeling, and act towards each other on principles of 

 kindness, justice, forbearance, and mutual assist- 

 ance ; and as He has given us intellect, let us exer- 

 cise it in seeking a knowledge of His works and of 

 His laws, and in tracing out the relation in which 

 we stand towards Him, towards our fellow-men, and 

 towards the various objects of the external world ; 

 and, in perfect faith and sincerity, let us rely upon 

 His promise, that, in so doing, we shall have a 

 rich reward a reward a thousand times more pure, 

 more permanent, and more delightful, than we can 

 ever hope to experience in following our own blind 

 devices, regardless of His will and intentions 

 towards us. 



So little, however, are even educated men familiar 

 with the influence and laws of the organization, that, 



