154 THE PHILOSOPHY 



Avarice is theinftindl of love direded to an improper objed.. 



Hope is the inftind of love direded to future good. 



Envy is compounded of love, avarice, ambition, and fear. 



Benevolence is the inftind of love diffufed over all animated be- 

 ings. 



Sympathy is the inftind of fear transferred to another perfon, 

 and refleded back upon ourfelves. 



In this manner, all the modified, compounded, or extended paf- 

 Cons and propenfities of the human mind, may be traced back to. 

 their original inftinds., 



The inftinds of brutes are likewife improved by obfervation and. 

 experience. A young dog, like a child, requires both time and art 

 to unfold and perfed his natural inftinds. If negleded by man, 

 he learns from his companions how to ad in particular fituations : 

 Buc, when he enjoys both thefe fources of information, his talents 

 are improved to a degree that often excites our aftonifliment. The 

 fame remark applies to all docile animals, as theVlephant, the horfe, 

 the camel, &c. Every man's recolledion will fupply him with 

 many examples of the improveable talents of brutes; and, therefore, 

 it is unnecefTary to be more explicit. 



Having exhibited inftances of pure Inftind, of inftinds which 

 accommodate themfelves to peculiar circumftances and fituations, 

 and of inftinds improveable by obfervation and experience, 1 fhall 

 now hazard a few remarks. 



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