" sentiments. Man in society, his progress in 

 " the various countries and ages of the world, 

 " his multiplication and extension, are the pro- 

 " vince of the historian and political econo- 

 *5 mist." 



After this just and accurate classification, we 

 are surprised to find you in the suspicious cha- 

 rafcter of a monopolist, especially as you have 

 determined " that this labour is much too ex- 

 " tensive to be properly executed by any indi- 

 '* vidual." If any proof were wanting of the 

 truth of this opinion, you have certainly con- 

 firmed it by your own example, and have shewn 

 to the most sceptical of your pupils, " that the 

 " inscription on the temple of Delphi contained 

 " a more difficult and important precept, than 

 " all the books of the Moralists," p. 123. 



We are obliged to you, however, for ventur- 

 ing so far to differ from Monboddo and Rousseau, 

 as to assign us a distinct species from the mon- 

 key and oranoutang; yet I cannot feel very proud 

 of the following zoological definition of human 

 nature. " Order, bimanum (two-handed). Ge- 

 " wtt,homo; the jrpec/w, single, with several varie- 

 " ties. Characters: erect stature, two hands, 

 " teeth approximated and of equal length; the in- 

 tc ferior incisors perpendicular ; prominent chin, 

 " rational, endowed with speech, unarmed, de- 

 <c fenceless." Whether Linnaeus might have been 

 satisfied with these circumstances as " so obvi- 

 t ous and abundantly sufficient to characterise 

 " man," and to distinguish him from the ape 



