'only way of nature herself and involves the high signi- 

 ficance and function of men as a civilizing force, 

 the perfecters of earth and earthly culture. In it is 

 wrapped the conception of morality, the growth of which 

 is the natural product of moral law. To establish this 

 proposition irom observation of nature herself, has been 

 .my aim in this labour of many years. 



The Author 

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