402 THE PHILOSOPHY 



iftence and happlnefs of other animated beings. A circle 

 of animation and of deftrudlion goes perpetually round. 

 This is the oeconomy of Nature. Different fpecies of ani- 

 mals live by the mutual deftruftion of each other. Even 

 among individual men, the ftrong too often opprefs the 

 weak •, but, on the other hand, the wife inftru6t the ignor- 

 ant. Thefe are the bonds of fociety, and the fources of im- 

 provement. 



