200 OF MAN. 



It is the soul also which displays itself in our 

 speech, which enables us to improve ourselves, 

 to acquire knowledge, and to become wise, learned, 

 and good. How different from ourselves is man 

 in a savage state! how rude his habits! how igno- 

 rant he is! and how few are his wants! yet this 

 man, having a soul and reason, may, by care, be 

 raised to our own level. 



This is not the case with brutes. The bird 

 built its nest, and the mole burrowed out its under- 

 ground dwelling, in the very earliest ages of the 

 world, as perfectly and just in the same way as at 

 present ; and will continue to do the same as long 

 as they exist, without change or improvement. 



Questions. . . . 



Which is the superior of all animals ? 



What is the proper posture of man ? 



Has any other creature besides man hands ? 



Are the hands of monkeys equal in structure to our own, 

 and capable of being applied to the same purposes ? 



What is it that raises man so much above other animals ? 



Mention some of the effects produced by mind? 



Which is naturally the most defenceless animal ? 



By what means then is man enabled to protect himself ? 



What is the cause that the savage may be civilized and 

 improved 1 



Do inferior animals undergo any change in their habit ? 



