This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1873. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... under all or most of its various forms. In the species with which we are best acquainted, namely, our own, I am far, even as an observer of human life, from thinking that youth is its happiest season, much less the only happy one: as a Christian, I am willing to believe that there is a great deal of truth in the following representation given by a very pious writei as well as excellent man:* "To the intelligent and virtuous, old age presents a scene of tranquil enjoyments, of obedient appetite, of well-regulated affections, of maturity in knowledge, and of calm preparation for immortality. In this serene and dignified state, placed, as it were, on the confines of two worlds, the mind of a good man reviews what is past with the complacency of an approving conscience; and looks forward, with humble confidence in the mercy of God, and with devout aspirations towards his eternal an>, ever-increasing favour." What is seen in different stages of the same life, is still more exemplified in the lives of different animais. Animal enjoyments are infinitely diversified. The modes of life to which the organization of different animals respectively determines them, are not only of various but of opposite kinds. Yet each is happy in its own. For instance, animals of prey live much alone; animals of a milder constitution in society. Vet the herring, which lives in shoals, and the sheep which lives in flocks, are not more happy in a crowd or more contented among their companions, than is the pike or the lion with the deep solitudes of the pool or the forest. But it will be said that the instances which we have here brought forward, whether of vivacity or repose, or of apparent enjoyment derived from either, are picked and favourable instances. We answer, first, that...
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