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are more delicate. Man is adorned with flrength 

 and majelly ; grace and foftnefs are the peculiar 

 embellilhments of woman. 



Even the external figure of the human fpecies 

 declares them to be the fovereigns of the earth. 

 The body of man is creel ; his attitude is that 

 of command ; and his countenance, which is 

 turned towards the heavens, is imprcfled with 

 the fignatures of fuperior dignity. The image 

 of his foul is painted in his face ; the excellence 

 of his nature penetrates through his material 

 form, and animates his features with a divine 

 illumination. His majeftic deportment, and the 

 firmnefs of his movements, announce the fupe- 

 riority of his rank. He touches the earth with 

 his extremity only : He views it at a diftance, 

 and feems to defpife it. His arms are not pil- 

 lars to fupport liis body: His hands tread not 

 the earth, and lofe not, by fridion and preffure, 

 that delicacy of feeling for which they were ori- 

 ginally deilined. His arms and hands are form- 

 ed for purpofes more noble, namely, for execu- 

 ting the commands of his intelled, for laying 

 hold of didant objeds, for removing obftacles, 

 for defending him from injuries, and fof fcizing 

 and retaining objeds at pleafure. 



When the mind is at eafc, all the features of 

 the countenance are in a Hate of profound tran- 

 quility. Their proportion, their harmony, their 

 union, point out forenity of fentiment, and ac- 

 cord with the calm that fubOHs within. When 



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