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that there is nothin<r more infectious than 

 feelings ; if, therefore, we wish to receive 

 kindness from others, we can only obtain 

 it by showing kindness to them. In the fox, 

 one of the dog tribe, we have an instance 

 of an animal with no other ties than those 

 of nature, living a life of wedlock, un- 

 changeably attached to a single female, to 

 his home, and to his family. Gall and 

 Spurzheim say, that man participates with 

 animals in having, in different degrees, 

 instinctive propensities to kindness and 

 attachment, and also the corresponding- 

 organization by which they suppose such 

 instincts to be produced. 



OF THE PROPENSITY TO CONCEAL. 



That some animals secrete themselves, 

 and dissemble, or are crafty in order to 

 obtain their prey, or secure themselves 

 from injury, is well known ; and Gall and 

 Spurzheim assert, that man has the same 



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