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ililferent Vegetable, for it contains only the quality 
originally affigned. 
Thus one man’s finger would not fuit another’s 
hand, for every particle in his frame is exaOly 
matched to the whole j nor does the blood at his 
toes differ from the fluid that animates his bofom t 
the nerves and bones are equally proportioned to 
fit only an individual feparately confidered ; fo that^ 
from a limb or joint, we may afcertain the juft 
meafure of other principal parts. If his head be 
oval, the whole takes the fame form ; if it be round 
or fquare, the reft partakes of fuch a diftinguifliing, 
but uniform, appearance in root and branch ; nor 
can the fmalleft particles be taken away, or added, 
wnthout deranging the regular fyftem. This fym- 
metry is peculiar to every rational creature in his 
ftru£ture, complexion, hair, veins, voice, gait, man- 
ners, and paffions ; but with thefe peculiarities he 
has full fcope for his mental powers and feelings, 
without being able to overleap the bounds afligned 
by Providence. 
It muft, however, be granted, notwithftanding 
the permanent general famenefs, that every coun- 
tenance is conftantly fubje6t to fuch changes as are 
merely perfonal in a particular charadfer^ but ftili 
a man can only change himfelf, or a motion, in a 
ftyle that is all his own ; for affebdation or imitation 
may be diftinguifhed from^originality. 
Lavuter 
