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ftru£lion. It is a relative quality, which cannot 

 be exerted but when there is a certain number 

 of common faculties on both fides, that differ 

 only between themfelves, becaufe they are ac- 

 tive in the mafter, and paffive in the fcholar. 

 Now, the paffive qualities of the ape have lefs 

 relation to the aGive qualities of man than thofe 

 of the dog or elephant, who require no more 

 than good treatment to communicate to them 

 the delicate and gentle fenfitions of faithful at- 

 tachment, voluntary obedience, grateful fervice, 

 and unreferved devotion. 



In relative qualities, therefore, the ape is far- 

 ther removed from the human race than mod 

 other animals. His temperament is alfo very 

 different. Man can inhabit every climate. He 

 lives and multiplies in the northern as well as 

 the fouthern regions of the earth. But t!ie ape 

 exifts with difficulty in temperate countries, and 

 can multiply only in thofe which are warm. 

 This difference of temperament implies others 

 in organization, which, though concealed, are 

 not the lefs real : It muft likewife have a great 

 influence on his natural difpofuions. The ex- 

 cefs of heat, which is neceifary to the conftitu- 

 tion and vigour of this animal, renders all his 

 qualities and affedlons inordinate. No other 

 caufe is requihte to account for his petulance, 

 his falacioufnefs, and his other paflions, which 

 appear to be equally violent and diforderly. 



Thus 



