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T H E CLIMATE

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i , OF LAWS IN RELATION TO THE NATURE OF

I .-Generd Idea I

F it be true that the temper of the mind and the e~a~d~E.9~

cold air constringes the extremities of the external fibres d the body ;a this increases their elasticity, and favors the te-

of the blood from the extreme parts to the heart. It con- tractsb those very fibres ; consequently it increases also their borce. On the contrary, warm air relaxes and lengthens the

mes of the fibres ; of course it diminishes their force and

in cold climates,. Here n of the extremities of

re better performed, the temperature of the humors

er opinion of security,

under this circumstance you , I believe you will find him

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very little disposed towards it; his present weakness will even some rows of them were sunk into their sheath.

been saying, that in ter distinguish some particular less expanded: they distance of h e , we shall find e sheltered from the planted into southern regions they have not such -- a~ their countrymen, who,

ies they have very little sensibility for pleas-

the miliary glands are comtries; consequently the soul is there

YOU must flay a Muscovite alive to make

where, to the naked these papillae 1 hav hairs, or a kind of down ; between the papillae we shaped towards the ends like pincers. Very likely mid@ are the principal organ of taste. I caused the half of this tongue to be frozen, and ob

it with the naked eye I found the papilk considerably

a malefactor to death from, The law of nations t which he is p i s h e d was ma,de

therefore, object to it. aw of slavery can aevw

is law js to -

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ing and trimming their beards in a dierent manner, gave to the law by which the Americans became Slaves to th

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness ; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

4.-Another Origin of the Right of Slavery I would as soon say that religion gives its professors a right

to enslave those who dissent from it, in order to render its

were superlatively devout. Louis XI11 g was extremely uneasy at a law by which

the negroes of his colonies were to be made slaves ; but it bei' ing strongly urged to him as the readiest means for their con: version, he acquiesced without further sctuple.

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5.-Of the SMery of the Negroes Were I to vindicate our right to make slaves of the n e p 9

i the Muscovites sell themselves very

tracts of land. sugar be too dear if the plants which produce it wq

see *' Hi*rp of the Conpest of Labst's t'r New V~JIW to the Thc above -mate $rpl a c t r i i " P n g ~ n t State of Rasshss in.tana of the udice under a Daanprda " Vo=*# WL damow by Solis and that of Pau," d America," VOI. iv. p st(, in

by ~a&laaao de b Vcpe lam01 ch rpm a I i M can labor.-

king 'om- they :e of

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.it costs little to maintain a wife and children ;d they

fthe Law of Polygamy is an affair that depends 0% Calculation

servient to His will.

1 only give their reasons, but do not justify their

5.-The Reasofi of a Law of Malabar

of mpportirsg them

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ers qore pare in the sev&al parts of the as the confinement of women is more

situation of the Land have divided the cowtry f petty states, which from causes that o mention are rendered despotic.

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lcingd*d~wea. I n ~ ~ t t i e s t h e t w o ma those la?ws'wbich pt~~)perly~leIolmg 50 each.

o f ~ E a J s t ~ ~ & & c ~ n ~ e n ~ ~ & o t h e &, Thiwe whi8 &er the horrible &, the

h c l c x d m d & h Indim, d m e 4-

1- will chriy me that it h kt?qaently aa rmecwswy to aepa-

haw nwPy,

sdwm for the pkmara of me, m f r i h t e to the am-f an.

All natians we equally agreed n h y ors. the i t rccrh- of WOM~I. ,

wa t5 &. She has mb5ri&ed tile

to thdt psmm&m; but ts eathue ~pecitt8, she ha m t e d anly e mamat.

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is tleen fw from being true that to: be incontinent is to

be obsmc=d cmly by behaving with

for intelugent beings to feel their im-

individuals die has p n k d a long