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 Had nature intended man an animal of prey, would ſhe in his breaſt have implanted an inſtinct ſo adverſe to her purpoſe? Could ſhe mean that the human race ſhould eat their food with compunction and regret; that every morfel ſhould be purchaſed with a pang, and every meal of man impoiſoned with remorſe? Would Nature, with the milk of kindneſs, have filled a bofom which unfeeling ferocity ſhould inflame? Would ſhe not rather, in order to enable him to brave the piercing cries of Rh