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strongest of our inclinations, draws all the 

 others into its vortex, and thus becomes 

 the criterion of -pleasures, with which it 

 has no further connection than being de- 

 rived from the Same animal functions with 

 the rest. All male animals probably think 

 the females of their own species the most 

 beautiful part of the creation ; and in the 

 various and complicated mind of civilized 

 man, this original result of appetite has 

 been so changed and diversified by the va- 

 rious modifications of mental sympathies, 

 social habits, and acquired propensities, 

 that it is impossible to analyze it : it can 

 therefore afford no lights to guide us in ex- 

 ploring the general principles and theory 

 of sensation. 



