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Of the Nature of Man, 



THOUGH man be much interefted in ob- 

 taining a knowledge of himfelf, yet T fu- 

 fpe£t that he is better acquainted with every 

 tother objedt. Endowed by Nature with organs 

 dcftined folely for our own prefetvation^ we 

 employ them for the reception of external im- 

 preffions only. Anxious to expand our external 

 exiftence beyond the limits of our powders, and 

 to multiply the functions of our fenfcs, we Icl- 

 dom employ that internal fenfe which reduces 

 us to our true dimenfions, and difliinguiflies us 

 from every other being. If, however, we are 

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