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induces the European to believe himself 

 superior in intelligence to the rest of man- 

 kind, and to regard savage nations with dis- 

 dain, is the comparison which he draws be- 

 tween our commodious dwellings, and the 

 wretched habitations of the latter. 



He only regards with pity the covered 

 tent of the Mogul tribes, the smoky hovel 

 of the Laplander and the Samoiede, the 

 pyramidal hut of the Hottentot and the 

 Caffre, and the simple cabin of the native s 

 of Guiana. Are we ignorant that the wan- 

 dering life led by these children of nature, 

 prevents them from erecting stone edifices, 

 which their necessities might render it ne- 

 cessary to abandon in a few days? 



Are we ignorant that if the miserable huts 

 of some of our countrymen were compared 

 with the cabins of the Jakouts and the Kam- 

 schatkans, that the palm of architecture 

 would certainly be awarded to the latter! 

 Is it want of knowledge that compels man, 



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