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There can be no room to doubt that as the | There can be no room to doubt that as the | ||
| − | + | Divine Providence has allotted to every | |
| + | Animal its mode of existence, dispositions, & | ||
| + | manner of life, the same care has been taken | ||
| + | of the Human Race; there is one material. | ||
| + | distinction, in other classes of animals the | ||
| + | individual advances from infancy to maturity, | ||
| + | & attains in a single life all the perfection | ||
| + | his nature can arrive at; but in mankind | ||
| + | the Species has a progress as well as the | ||
| + | individual, every Subsequent Age builds on | ||
| + | the foundations formerly laid, & by degrees | ||
| + | perfection the application of their facultys, | ||
| + | where long experience is required & a | ||
| + | combination of the endeavours of many generations. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Man in his most unpolished state has | ||
| + | ever been Superior to the Brute creation; | ||
| + | we cannot trace when he was unacquainted | ||
| + | with his own Species; | ||
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| + | Art is natural to Man as he is from his | ||
| + | origin destined to invent & contrive; he is | ||
| + | ever attempting to make improvements, | ||
| + | therefore naturally fickle & obstinate, & we | ||
| + | mistake human nature if we imagine it | ||
| + | inclined to a privation of labour, & a scene | ||
| + | of repose. | ||
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| + | What has been now laid down will we hope | ||
| + | clearly shew the absurdity of those who by | ||
| + | the State of nature mean the opposite to Art. | ||
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| + | [[catchword]]Section II [[/catchword]] | ||
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There can be no room to doubt that as the Divine Providence has allotted to every Animal its mode of existence, dispositions, & manner of life, the same care has been taken of the Human Race; there is one material. distinction, in other classes of animals the individual advances from infancy to maturity, & attains in a single life all the perfection his nature can arrive at; but in mankind the Species has a progress as well as the individual, every Subsequent Age builds on the foundations formerly laid, & by degrees perfection the application of their facultys, where long experience is required & a combination of the endeavours of many generations.
Man in his most unpolished state has ever been Superior to the Brute creation; we cannot trace when he was unacquainted with his own Species;
Art is natural to Man as he is from his origin destined to invent & contrive; he is ever attempting to make improvements, therefore naturally fickle & obstinate, & we mistake human nature if we imagine it inclined to a privation of labour, & a scene of repose.
What has been now laid down will we hope clearly shew the absurdity of those who by the State of nature mean the opposite to Art.
catchwordSection II /catchword
