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HERE is an instance of the advantage which the reason of 

 man gives him over a fierce and powerful animal, much larger 

 than himself, even though that man be an uneducated savage. 

 Look at the crocodile, in this picture, and tell us whether you 

 would like to go up to him, all armed as he is, in his coat of 

 mail, with his immense mouth set thickly with sharp teeth, 

 and his fiery eyes glancing furiously at you ! Yet the negro, 

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