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ſtrength or ſize equal to the elephant, yet nature has not entirely deprived us of ſtrength and magnitude. Thus in the ſame manner, though other animals are inferior in intellect to man, yet we ought not to ſay that they are entirely deſtitute of reaſon, but rather that their intellect is duller and more tardy than ours."—Porphyr. de Abſtin. Lib. 3.
"They ſay that the animals derive their ſagacity from nature only.—And from whence then, ſays Porphyrius, do men derive their reaſon? From whence even does God himſelf derive his wiſdom, but from nature?"
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