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Mermaids Not Fabulous,
From what has bc ? n said , it must be evident that there is a wonderful variety of tne human species , even in its natural state , much greater than of any „ ti , er animal known : and the variety also , both of mind and body , in the civilized state , is very great . For , in the first place , the civilized man is exceedingly different from a perfect savage : then a civilized manin the first stages of societyis
, , very different from the same man in the latter periods : and a philosopher , and a man of science , is very different from ah ordinary man in every stage of the social life . And , when we join to all these varieties the differences which I have shown exist betwixt individuals and families in the same age and in the same country , 1 think we ma } ' concludewith great certaintythat what I have said in the
, , beginning of this volume is no more than the truth , that man is the most various animal which God has made , so far at least as we jknow . And . as lie is undoubtedly the most excellent animal on this earth , he is therefore , of all created things , the noblest study of the noblest subject for -in- study of the philosopher , at the same time that is the study the most important and interesting to him .
land . The work is intitlcd , Erccrpts from-Agatharchides , concerning the Red Sea , by which name the antient denoted the Indian sea , of which what we call the Red Sea is only a gulph . It is not translated : and therefore is only known to the few learned . I have read it over from beginning io end , and find it a most curious collection , concerning all the different savage nations in Africa , which were discovered by the third Ptolemy of Egypt , in the manner I have mentioned , ¦ who appears to have been a lover of knowledge , and of much greater curiosity than most Kings . Some of the nations he mentions are still to be found in
Africa , particularly a nation that he calls Axcihcpz . yci , or Grasshopper-Eaters , ¦ whom he describes exactly as Sir Francis Drake has described them , insomuch that one should have thought Sir Francis had copied from him . —See Sir Francis ' s account of them in Buffon ,. Vol . iii . p . 45 ; . which the reader may compare with Agatharchides , ( p . 57 . ) And he gives an account of a people in Ethiopia , who hunt Elephants , and feed upon them , ( p . 55 . ) which agp-ees very well with > yhat 1 have heard from Mr . Bruce concerning the same people . '
On The Discipline Of The University.
ON THE DISCIPLINE OF THE UNIVERSITY .
From Dr . Berkenhout ' s "Letters to his Son . " YOU are become a member , and I . hope you will prove not an unworthy member , of one of the first universities in Europe ; and of a college that has produced many eminent , very eminent men . Butalas I the number of men distinguished for superior
, knowledge and abilities , is far exceeded by the number of drones that have issued from the hive , and have mixed with the illiterate part of mankind , undistinguished and forgotten . To what cause shall we attribute this lamentable excess of ignorance in the number of persons educated at Oxford and Cambridge ?
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Mermaids Not Fabulous,
From what has bc ? n said , it must be evident that there is a wonderful variety of tne human species , even in its natural state , much greater than of any „ ti , er animal known : and the variety also , both of mind and body , in the civilized state , is very great . For , in the first place , the civilized man is exceedingly different from a perfect savage : then a civilized manin the first stages of societyis
, , very different from the same man in the latter periods : and a philosopher , and a man of science , is very different from ah ordinary man in every stage of the social life . And , when we join to all these varieties the differences which I have shown exist betwixt individuals and families in the same age and in the same country , 1 think we ma } ' concludewith great certaintythat what I have said in the
, , beginning of this volume is no more than the truth , that man is the most various animal which God has made , so far at least as we jknow . And . as lie is undoubtedly the most excellent animal on this earth , he is therefore , of all created things , the noblest study of the noblest subject for -in- study of the philosopher , at the same time that is the study the most important and interesting to him .
land . The work is intitlcd , Erccrpts from-Agatharchides , concerning the Red Sea , by which name the antient denoted the Indian sea , of which what we call the Red Sea is only a gulph . It is not translated : and therefore is only known to the few learned . I have read it over from beginning io end , and find it a most curious collection , concerning all the different savage nations in Africa , which were discovered by the third Ptolemy of Egypt , in the manner I have mentioned , ¦ who appears to have been a lover of knowledge , and of much greater curiosity than most Kings . Some of the nations he mentions are still to be found in
Africa , particularly a nation that he calls Axcihcpz . yci , or Grasshopper-Eaters , ¦ whom he describes exactly as Sir Francis Drake has described them , insomuch that one should have thought Sir Francis had copied from him . —See Sir Francis ' s account of them in Buffon ,. Vol . iii . p . 45 ; . which the reader may compare with Agatharchides , ( p . 57 . ) And he gives an account of a people in Ethiopia , who hunt Elephants , and feed upon them , ( p . 55 . ) which agp-ees very well with > yhat 1 have heard from Mr . Bruce concerning the same people . '
On The Discipline Of The University.
ON THE DISCIPLINE OF THE UNIVERSITY .
From Dr . Berkenhout ' s "Letters to his Son . " YOU are become a member , and I . hope you will prove not an unworthy member , of one of the first universities in Europe ; and of a college that has produced many eminent , very eminent men . Butalas I the number of men distinguished for superior
, knowledge and abilities , is far exceeded by the number of drones that have issued from the hive , and have mixed with the illiterate part of mankind , undistinguished and forgotten . To what cause shall we attribute this lamentable excess of ignorance in the number of persons educated at Oxford and Cambridge ?