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of these things. And though this do not equally ex- 

 tend to all instances of our duty, yet as to the great 

 lines and essential parts of it, manldnd hardly need 

 to consult any other oracle than the mere propensions 

 and inclinations of their nature; as, whether we 

 ought to reverence the Divine Nature, to be gratefiil 

 to those who have conferred benefits upon us, to speak 

 the truth, to be faithful to our promise, to restore 

 that which is committed to us in trust, to pity and 

 relieve those that are in misery, and ia all things to 

 do to others as we would have them do to us." 



You win no doubt be puzzled when you come to 

 consider these different views and theories, all pro- 

 poimded by men of high intellect, to arrive at a clear 

 conception of the psychical or mental quality of which 

 they treat j but from this maze of ideas, all of which 

 appear to possess some element of truth, we shall now 

 endeavour to extract something like a definite notion 

 of what rostinct really is, bearing in mind that we are 

 not dealing with an object that we can touch, handle, 

 and measure, but with an abstract metaphysical 

 question, which will probably ever remain more or 

 less a mystery to the human understanding. 



For this purpose, let us first state the various views 

 of instinct as definite inquiries, passing over, for the 

 present, that of TUlotson. 



1. Is instinct in animals the same as reason in 

 man? 



2. Is it an immediate and constant impulse of the 

 Deity? 



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