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of these is to love and olDey man, when domesticated 

 and educated, which he generally does, unless his 

 animal propensities are aroused by ill-treatment ; for 

 it is an undisputed principle in the nature of this an- 

 imal not to offer resistance to our wishes, when made 

 known to him in a manner that he can understand 

 us ; and, of course it follows that this must be done 

 in accordance with the laws of his nature. 



Man is not only placed at one end of this great 

 chain, but he forms the hook that hangs it up on the 

 throne of Jehovah, and the swivel and pivot also 

 upon which the whole turns ; and it extends frGfcjp. 

 thence to the — yes, beyond the surface, to the very 

 center of the earth, and the bottomless deep ; and, 

 notwithstanding its crooks and nooks, and all its 

 mysterious windings, there is a current of electric 

 life running through the whole length thereof, that 

 proceeds from the great battery from which all 

 knowledge and instinct flows. Man stands at the 

 head of all created beings, for all will tremble and 

 crouch with fear at his approach, except when attacked 

 in a warlike manner, or w^hen thel'e is no chance to 

 flee. Then if man is placed at the head of all these 

 it shows the importance of his studying his own na- 

 ture, and if he arrives at the highest state of his moral 

 culture, to which he is attainable, all the better, so as 

 not to abuse the power invested in him, and enable 

 him to turn all these things to the best and most 

 profitable account. What, then, has man to fear 

 from the brute creation, when he becomes acquainted 



