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those particular attributes of his nature, physical, 

 intellectual, moral, and religious, by which he is 

 io be distinguished from every other part of the 

 animal kingdom. 



In his physical capacity, (the first for consi- 

 deration,) we find man endued with faculties 

 that belong to no other animal ; and which afford- 

 ing a most comprehensive scope for the operation 

 of his intellectual powers, bestow on him of 

 themselves, a vast superiority over the rest of the 

 creation. 



These faculties are derived from the peculiarity 

 of his external form and his attitude, which give 

 him an almost unlimited command over his 

 muscular actions; his internal structure, and 

 his organs of sense not differing so materially 

 from other animals, as to require a separate 

 notice. 



Had our time permitted, in addition to our ac- 

 count of the physicalcircumstances of man as above 

 alluded to, we might have extended our observa- 

 tions to the muscles of his face, and to his features 

 in general, by which his various feelings and pas- 

 sions are expressed, and through whose agency, 

 so much of the human character may be under- 

 stood ; as well as to the increased quantity of 

 his brain, in proportion to the size of his nerves, 

 upon which so many important, distinct, and 

 complicated actions depend. And we could 

 have noticed in the brute animal, the marked 



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