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The veſtiges of that amiable ſympathy which, even in this degenerate age are ſtill viſible,ſtrongly indicate the cordial harmony which, in the age of innocence, ſubfifted between man and the lower orders of life.

Man, in a ſtate of nature, is not, apparently, much ſuperior to other animals. His organiſation is, no doubt, extremely happy; but then the dexterity of his figure is counterpoiſed by great advantages in other creatures. Inferior to the

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