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ibn too on fo'me occafions ; but t!ie want of language, or of 



g iioral iigiis, puts it out of their power to reafon, but on 



V ■•;;oalar facls. The pOAers of claffifying obje<fts, of ab- 



•l reafoiiitig^, of ufing artificial figiis as iiiilrumeiits of 



^ht and of mutual tommuiiic.uioii, ftt^m to be aimed 



•ther peculiar to man. From thefe confiderations, and 



..1 others, relating both to the intelledlual and moral fa- 



cs of man, as coiitrailed with thofeof the lower animals, 



.• been inferred, that the regular chain of being every 



iv elfe obfervable on our globe, fails entirely here, and 



their faculties differ from our's, not in degree, but in 



I'hus then we fee, that anin^ils perform certain operations 

 t! !■ 3xe ne\t\\<iT rational , habitual, \ioT mahamcal ; andalthough 

 ;• .■ .ni!0t be doubted but fotne of them r;;afon in feveral m- 

 ■:, lliil, even from the ihort details now gi%cn, we can- 

 allow, that their natural operations are performed with a 



■ to confequences. Nor ought the effefts of inilincl, 



■ hbotirs of birds and bec< for. inilance) appear extra- 

 ary to u', when we confider what aftor.ilhing effefts 



which has been happily called "a fecond nature," 

 '.:a us to produce. For inllance, we need go no farther 

 ilia 1 reading, writing, and playing upon mulical inftru- 

 ruc'.its, all ot which we learn by great attention, pains, and 

 ftiuly ; and molt of all, perhaps, coiTeft and quick extem- 

 porary eloquence. And furely, when the effects of an ac- 

 quired principle are fo very uncommon, it cannot be deemed 

 ftrange, that an original principle of the conilitution of aiii- 

 inals ihould perform works ilill greater or more afconiihing. 



INSTrrA, a word ufed by the chirurgical writers, for 

 a fillet or other bandage of that kind ; and by medicinal 

 writers, for that fort of flat worms bred in the iateftines 

 called by many the tape- worm, or flat worm. 



INSTITUTE, National, of France, was newly 

 organized in purfuance of a decree of the French government, 

 with the advice of the council of ftate, as follows : I. It 

 is now divided into four clafTcs, vi%. i. Clafs of phylical 

 and mathematical fciences. 2. Clafs of French language 

 and literature. 3. Clafs of hi'.lory and foreign literature. 

 4. Clafs of the fine arts. 



The aclual members and foreign afTociatesof the inflitute, 

 fliall be divided into thefe four chfFfs. 



A committee of five members of the inllitiite, named by 

 theFirft Conful, ihall adjuR this divifion, which fhall be fub- 

 initted to the approbation of government. 



II. The firft clafs flinll be formed of the ten feciiors which 

 at prefent compofe the lirft clafs of the uiltitute, with a new 

 fcftion of geography and navigation, and eight foreign affo- 

 ciates. 



The feftions (hail be compofed and called as follows : 



r Geometry 6 members. 

 Mechanics ------ 6 ditto. 



^--:— ^'•'^•Attrono.-ny 6 ditto. 



. u.eaces. | Qeogntphy and Navigation - 3 ditto. 

 L General Phyfics - ... 6 ditto. 



rChemiflry 6 members. 



Mineralogy - 6 ditto.. 



■Ti'..r^,\ c ■ 1 Botany 6 ditto. 



'' ' ''"'; "^ '^'' <! Rural Economy and Veterinary 



'"■'"" I Art 6 ditto. 



I Anatomy and Zoology - - 6 ditto. 

 [ Medicine and Surgery . . 6 ditto. 

 T!i? fi-d clafs ihai! appoint, with the approbation of the 

 V\rX Conrul, two perpetual fecretarics, one fcrthe mathema- 

 tical fci'.MCcs, tlie other fcr the phyfical fciences. The per- 



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petiul fecretaries fhallbc members of the claf«, but (hall not 

 form a part of any feftion. 



The firft clals may cledl fix of its members from the other 

 claffes of tiie iniKtute. 



It may name an hur.dred corrcfpondentK feleiSed from the 

 learned men of France and foreign countrie>-. 



III. The fecond clafs (hall be compofed of forty mem- 

 bers. 



It is particularly charged with the compolilioTi of th« 

 dictionary of the French" language. Jt (hall examine, with 

 refpeft to language, the important works of litcr;:ture,hiftory, 

 and tlie fciences. The collcftion of its critical obfervations 

 fha!l be publiflied at lead, four times in a year. 



It fliall name from its own body, and vvi'th the approbatiotl 

 of the Firft Conful, a perpetual fecretary, who (liall continue 

 to be of the number of the forty members which ctmipofe it. 



It may eleft twelve of its members from the other claffes of 

 the inlHtute. 



IV. The third clafs fliall be compofed of forty member^ 

 and eight foreign aiTociates. 



The objcdl of its refearches and labours fhall be learned 

 languages; antiquities and monuments ; hidory, and all the 

 moral and political fciences ccnr.ecled with hillory. It fhall 

 particularly apply itfelf to the enriching of French literatur? 

 with the works of Greek, Latin, and Oriental authors, which 

 ha»e not yet been tranflated. 



It fnall employ itfelf in tlie continuation of diplomatic 

 collections. 



It fnall name from its own body, under the approbation 

 of the Firft Conful, a perpetual fecretnry, who (hall be of 

 the number of the forty members which compofe the clafs. 



It may eleft nine of its members from the other piaffes of 

 the inftitute. 



It may name fi.xty correfpondents, natives or foreigners. 



V. The fourth clafs fhall be compofed of twenty-eight 

 members and eight foreign afTociates. 



They fhall be divided into feclions, defcribed and formed as 

 follows ; 



Painting 10 members. 



Sculpture 6 ditto. 



Architecture - . . . C ditto. 



Engraving - - - . . 3 ditto. 



Mulic (cumpofition) - . . 3 ditto. 



It fhall appoint, with the approbation of the Firft Conful, 



a perpetual fecretary, who (hall be a member of the clafs, 



but iliall not be apart of a fection. 



It may elect fix of its members from the other clafTeB of 

 the iadit\ite. 



It may name thirty-Cx correfpondents, national or fo- 

 reign. 



VI. The foreign affociated members (liall have a delibera^ 

 live voice only on lubjects of fcier.cc, literature, and the arts ; 

 they fhall not form part of any fcciion, nor interfere in any 

 ulage. 



VII. The prefent aftual national afTociates of the inftitute 

 fhall form part of the one hundred and ninety-fix correfpond- 

 ents attached to the clailes of the fciences, belles lettrcs, and 

 fine arts. 



Correfpondents may not affume the title of members of 

 the inftitute. 



They fhall lofe that of correfpoudent when they fhall be 

 domiciliated at Paris. 



VIII. Nominaticnsto vacant places fhall be m.ade by each 

 clafs in whicli the vacancy happens; theperfons eletted ihall 

 be conlirmtd by the Firft Conful. 



IX. Tlie mciiibers of the four cb-fTes ftiall enjoy a recipro- 



cal 



