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separates, even in civilised society, men 

 differently educated. 



We have only to cast our eyes on the most 

 rude and barbarous people, to be convinced 

 that they possess physical and moral facul- 

 ties which place them far above the level of 

 the brute creation, and that any comparison 

 whatever betwixt the greatest savage and 

 the most intelligent animal, would be the 

 consummation of folly. In every clime 

 man is essentially the same. Whatever be 

 the race to which he belongs, whatever be 

 the shade of his complexion and the height 

 of his stature, the majesty which Nature has 

 imprinted on his features must always excite 

 our astonishment: we are compelled to con- 

 fess, that even his exterior denotes his great 

 superiority over all other beings. His erect 

 attitude, and the intelligence which beams 

 from his countenance, indicate his divine 

 origin. 



It is unquestionably owing to the majesty 

 of his figure, aud the superiority which reason 



has 



