ssjS THE PHILOSOPHY 



CHAPTER IX. 



Of the Sexes of Animals and Vegetables, 



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SECTION I. 



Of the Sexes of Animals. 



AL L the larger and more perfeft animals are diftlnguiflied by 

 the fexes of male and female. The bodies of males, though 

 not without exceptions, are, in general, ftronger, larger, and more 

 adlive, than thofe of the females. In the human fpecies, the male 

 is not only larger than the female, but his mufcular fibres are firmer 

 and more compadt, and his whole frame indicates a fuperior ftrength 

 and robuftnefs of texture. He does not acquire his full growth, and 

 beft form, till he arrives at the age of thirty years. But, in women, 

 the parts are rounder, and their mufcular fibres more feeble and lax 

 than thofe of men, and their growth and form are pcrfed at the age 

 of twenty. A fimilar obfervation is applicable to the minds of the 

 two fexes. Man is, comparatively, a bold, generous, and enterpri- 

 fing animal. Women, on the contrary, are timid, jealous, and dif- 

 pofed to adions which require lefs agility and ftrength. Hence they 



are 



