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fits might be received, or who formed a part of 

 the society in which he was placed. 



As the reasoning faculties improved, his own 

 feelings, independently of religious instruction 

 so well calculated to strengthen them, would 

 combine with the dignified pride of his nature to 

 suggest to him the propriety of enlarging upon 

 those duties which had been inculcated in early 

 life ; until becoming a habit, formed when the 

 most lasting impressions are received, he gradu* 

 ally acquired ail those moral propensities, which 

 properly directed, are the brightest gems which 

 adorn his character. 



Thus in what animal, but in man, do we see 

 the parental affections continued, after the neces- 

 sity of them has ceased; or where is to be found 

 the love of collateral relations, or the disinter- 

 ested friendships of earlier intercourse, often only 

 to be dissolved by death, but in the human spe- 

 cies ! See with what rigid integrity, in all the 

 relations of life, does man frequently regulate his 

 conduct, not to be shaken under temptations the 

 most seductive, or motives the most urgent and 

 plausible ; and how tenacious is he, even at the 

 risk of his life, of his moral rectitude, when un- 

 justly impeached, or even for one moment sus- 

 pected ! What a distinctive part of his character 

 are those kindly feelings, which, dictated by 

 humanity, call forth a protecting consideration, 

 not only for his own species, but also for the 

 animal kingdom in general ; or which induce 



