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families as to nations; though among the 

 latter it is more remarkable, inasmuch as 

 it is strongly developed in the uncivilized 

 portions of our fellow-creatures. History 

 and experience teaches us this. 



The Esquimaux cannot be prevailed on 

 to quit the desolation of his frozen re- 

 gions; the Negro sighs for a return to 

 the pestiferous vapours of his tropical 

 clime ; and the Bedouin exults in the 

 deadly blast of his arid desert. The 

 more polished members of the human 

 family, who boast of a superior know- 

 ledge of the great Author of the Universe, 

 and profess, if they do not practise, doc- 

 trines deduced from His revealed will, 

 have long enjoyed the benefits of a so- 

 cial and commercial intercourse with each 

 other, and have found a home in every 

 clime, even in the most distant parts of 

 the globe ; yet with all the advantages 

 their moral condition and physical con- 



