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regard to his spirit, the moral consciousness of responsi- 
bility, the principle which constitutes him capable of wor- 
shipping God, that he is separated from the brute creation, 
and placed per se. The contrast between Man and Beast 
is not a contrast between reason and instinct, common, and 
almost universal as is this supposition, for it can be readily 
shewn that these two mental qualities, though very differ- 
ent, are by no means incompatible; that in point of fact 
the Dog is endowed with reason as well as instinct, and 
that Man performs many actions which are purely in- 
stinctive, as well as those which are prompted by reason. 
We shall presently adduce some examples in proof of the 
former of these propositions. 
What is the nature of Spirit, or How that principle can 
be defined, by the possession of which Man is raised above 
companionship with the Ape and the Dog, is a question 
which we will not attempt to answer. “ In the image of 
God made He man.” The Creator, who spoke all other 
terrestrial existences into being by His almighty word, 
condescended to “ breathe into the nostrils” of Man, whom 
He had formed out of dust, “the breath (or spirit) of life.” 
Thus his spiritual part was a direct emanation from the 
Deity, who had respect to the wondrous plan, devised before 
the foundation of the world, whereby the creature Man was 
to be brought into the closest union with Himself. Here 
is the true dignity of Man : it is not that he is a reason- 
able being; it is not that he is a moral being; but it is 
that, by an act of stupendous grace, his being has been 
shared by the everlasting God, who became paitakei of his 
flesh and blood,* in order that he might become a partaker 
* Hob. ii. 14. 
