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between man and other animals. Infants, in the earlier ages of the world, to the teats of the tenants of the field were not unſeldom ſubmitted. Towards the goat that gave him ſuck, the fond boy, the throb of filial gratitude has felt; and, for the children of men, have yearned, with tenderneſs maternal, the bowels of the ewe (13). Educated together, they were endeared to each other by mutual benefits; a fond, a lively friendſhip, was the conſequence of their union (14). Never by primæval
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