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of the t3'pes in the quinary system of zoology and the 

 characters of individual men. We have seen that the 

 pre-eminent type is usually endowed with a harmonious 

 assemblage of the mental qualities belonging to the whole 

 group, while the sub-typical inclines to ferocity, the 

 rasorial to gentleness, and so on. Now, amongst indi- 

 viduals, some appear to be almost exclusively of the sub- 

 typical, and others of the rasorial character, while to a 

 limited number is given the finely assorted assemblage 

 of qualities which places them on a parallel with the 

 typical. To this may be attributed the universality 

 which marks all the very highest brains, such as those of 

 Shakespeare and Scott, men of whom it has been re- 

 marked that they must have possessed within themselves 

 not' only the poet, but the warrior, the statesman, and 

 the philosopher ; and who, moreover, appear to have had 

 the mild and manly, the moral and the forcible parts of 

 our nature, in the most perfect balance. 



There is, nevertheless, a general adaptation of the 

 mental constitution of man to the circumstances in which 

 he lives, as there is between all the parts of nature to 

 each other. The goods of the physical world are only to 

 be realised by ingenuity and industrious exertion ; be- 

 hold, accordingly, an intellect full of device, and a fabric 

 of the faculties which would go to pieces or destroy itself 

 if it were not kept in constant occupation. Nature pre- 

 sents to us much that is sublime and beautiful : behold 

 faculties which delight in contemplating these properties 

 of hers, and in rising upon them, as upon wings, to the 

 presence of the Eternal. It is also a world of difficulties 

 and perils, and see how a large portion of our species are 

 endowed with vigorous powers which take a pleasure in 

 meeting and overcoming difficulty and danger. Even 

 that principle on wdiich our faculties are constituted — a 



