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N the preent tate of ociety it appears neceary to go back to firt principles in earch of the mot imple truths, and to dipute with ome prevailing prejudice every inch of ground. To clear my way, I mut be allowed to ak ome plain quetions, and the anwers will probably appear as unequivocal as the axioms on which reaoning is built; though, when entangled with various motives of action, they are formally contradicted, either by the words or conduct of men.

In what does man's pre-eminence over the brute creation conit? The anwer is as clear as that a half is les than the whole; in Reaon. What&ensp;