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moral economy of man, is no less essential for the dis- 

 crimination of liis position in the scale of being, as the re- 

 cognition of the instinctive economy of an animal is for the 

 determination of its zoological position. 



Now, if it be a sound zoological doctrine that all the 

 conditions of life in an animal ought to be taken into account 

 in ascertaining its position in the zoological scale, so in like 

 manner ought the spiritual economy of man to be taken into 

 the consideration of the question as to his relative place in 

 the animal series. To my apprehension, his possession of a 

 spiritual principle entirely excludes him from the scale of 

 mere animal being, even although he possesses an animal 

 organism. I shall endeavour, in my next lecture on Re- 

 trogressive Man, and in my succeeding or concluding lecture 

 on Progressive Man, to elucidate more at length the supre- 

 macy of the spiritual principle in the economy of man. But, 

 in the meantime, to bring the present lecture to a close, I 

 must now ask you to consider whether that completeness of 

 the human body, to which I have directed your attention in 

 my 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th lectures, does not also entirely 

 exclude man from any legitimate place in the animal 

 kingdom. 



