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REMARKS 



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THE 



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MANNERS 

 COMPARED 



are of opinion that fome races of men as well as the Ouran Outangs. 

 are different from us, which however is inadmiffible if we take 



conliderat 



the 



fe of reafon and common fenfe 



the 



formation of ideas, the language of the heart, the refinement o£ 

 moral fentiment, with the gifts of fpeech founded on the variety,, 

 power and extent o£ voice and articulation, andxven on the whole 

 flrudure and mechanifm of our bodies. The other propofition,, 

 according to which men are of different fpecies,, is equally ground- 

 lefs,. becaufe the moft different fpecies can procreate children, 



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and if the different marriages with perfons of one kind be continu- 

 ed for a few generations, the difference at lafl: entirely vaniflies.. 

 The objedion that this difference is fo. great, that it remains,,. 



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incomprehenfible how it was originally produced, is examined, and. 

 it is proved that it intirely depends upon phyfical caufes ; it isi 

 likewife fhewn that, the tranfitioa from a fair to a dark complexion. 



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is very foon brought about, but the contrary requires a longer 

 time, and. the, interval, of more generations, and even then is 



fcarcely obfervable : fo that if the fame 

 pafs through a long and gradual circuit, , 



race of people fhould. 

 the one through hot. 



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countries,, and the other immediately by a fudden tranlition to the 

 fame climate ; thofe who have palled through the fervid climate 

 would preferve a darker hue, than thofe who at once fhould pafs, 



to the fame without making any flay in the, intermediate climates j 



and 



