CHAP. IV. 



Of the Generation of Anmals, 



AS the organization of man, and of other 

 animals, is the mofl: perfed:, and the 

 moft complex, the propai^ation of them is Hke- 

 wlfe moft difhcult, and the number of indivi- 

 duals is lefs abundant. I except here luch ani- 

 mals as can be'multiplied by a reparation of their 

 parts, or without the aid of generation, thefe 

 having been fufficiendy treated of in the pre- 

 ceding chapter '■'■. 



But how will the theory delivered in the j 

 former chapter apply to the generation of men, 

 and other animals, who are diftinguiflied by 

 fcxes ? We underftand, from what has been laid, 

 hov^r every individual may reproduce; but we 

 cannot conceive how two individuals, the one a 

 male, and the other a female, Ihould uniformly 

 produce a third. 



Before replying to this objection, I muft ob- 



lerve, that the writers on this fuhjedl have con- 



fmed their ideas folcly to the generation of men 



and of animals, without attending to the nature 



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* Here the Author gives an unneccfTary recapitulation of 

 Chap. III. to which the reader is referred. 



