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blance to us in his body and members, than iiji 



the ufe he makes of them. By obl'erving him 

 attentively, we ealily perceive, that all his move- 

 ments are biifk, intermittent, and precipitous ; 

 and that, in order to compare ihem with thofe 

 of man, we muil adopt another fcale, or rather a 

 difierent model. Al! the adlions of the ape are 

 derived from his education, which is purely a-^ 

 nimal. To us they appear ridiculous, incor.fe- 

 quent, and extravagant ; becaufe, by referring 

 them to our own, we afTume a faite fcale, and a 

 deceitful mode of meafuring. As his nature is 

 vivacious, his temperament warm, his difpofi- 

 tions petulant, and none of his aftedions have 

 been foftened or reftrained by education, all his 

 habitudes are excefhve, and refemble more the 

 movements of a maniac than the adlions of a 

 man, or even of a peaceable animal. It is for 

 this reafon that we find him indocile, and that 

 he receives with difficulty the impreffions we 

 wifh to make on him. He is infenfible to ca- 

 refles, and is rendered obedient by chaftifement 

 alone. He may be kept in captivity, but not in 

 a domeftic ftate. Always melancholy, ftub- 

 horn, repugnant, or making grimaces, he may 

 be faid to he raihcr conquered tlian tamed. The 

 fpccics, of courfe, have never been rendered do- 

 nieitic in any part of the world, and, confe- 

 quently, is farther removed from man than moft 

 other animals : For docility implies fome analo- 

 gy between the giver and the receiver of in- 



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