and with the most lively gratitude, the INEFFA2LE 

 GOODNESS that created him. 



In consequence of those eminent faculties wherewith 

 man is enriched, GOD condescends to reveal himself to 

 liirn, and to lead him as it were by Hie hand in tiie paths 1 

 of happiness. The various laws he has received from 

 Hie SUPREME WISDOM, are so many lights placed at 

 proper distances on his road, to guide him from time to 

 eternity. 



Enlightened by this ^ELEsTlAli GUIDE, man ad- 

 vances in the glorious- race that is set before him, and : 

 seizes the crown of life, and adonis with it his immortal- 

 brow. 



7. Such is man in the highest degree of earthly per- 

 fection. But mankind have their gradations, as well as 

 the other productions of our globe. There is a prodi- 

 gious number of continued links between the most per- 

 fect man and the ape. 



If you take a survey of all nations of the earth; i 

 you consider the inhabitants of the same kingdom, pro- 

 vince, city, or town ; nay, do but examine with atten- 

 tion the members of the same family, and you \vill ima- 

 gine you see as many specks of men as you discern indi- 

 viduals-* 



To the Lapland dwarf, let the giant of Madagascar 

 succeed. Let the flat-faced African, with his black com- 

 plexion and woolly hair, give place to the European,, 

 whose regular features are set off by die whiteness of 

 his complexion and beauty of his hair. To the filth i- 

 nessofa Hottentot, oppose -the neatness of a Dutch- 

 man. From the cruel Anthropophagite pass to the hu- 

 mane Frenchman. Place the stupid Hurori opposite 

 the profound Englishman. Ascend ftom the Scotch pea-r 

 sant to the great NEWTON. Descend from the harmony 

 of HANDEL to the rustic songs of the shepherd. Pit 

 la .the same scale the locksmith constructing a jack ; ami 



