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accordance both with his physical, and moral, and 

 structural nature ? From what has gone before, 

 the answer is manifest ; viz. That state in which 

 high civilization and excessive intellectual cultiva- 

 tion do not exist ; in a word, A state of Patriarchal 

 simplicity. And that this condition is best adapted 

 to his physical nature, has been already proved, by 

 virtue of the same arguments which I have used 

 in order to shew that civilization and refinement 

 are not in accordance with either his physical or 

 structural being. It would be easy to shew that 

 the Patriarchal condition is also most suitable to 

 man's moral nature ; that is, most conducive to his 

 happiness. But this does not properly belong to 

 my subject; which has for its object his physical 

 health and strength only. 



Now let us shortly recapitulate. 



In my Sixth Letter, I endeavoured to shew that 

 the human system, like all the other systems of 

 Nature, has a natural determinate position, and 

 natural habits ; and that, if it be suffered to remain 

 in its natural position, and in the exercise of its 



