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Excerpt from Instinct Displayed in a Collection of Well-Authenticated Facts: Exemplifying the Extraordinary Sagacity of Various Species of the Animal Creation
Reason and Instinct have obvious differences yet the most intelligent animals, in some of their actions, approach so near to reason, that it is really surprising how small the distinction is. The great and most striking superiority of reason seems to consist in these two points: the capacity of knowing and acknowledging our Creator, and of rendering its owner responsible for his conduct. Without investigating further the metaphysical distinctions of Reason and Instinct, to which I am quite incompetent, I will proceed to make some apology for the following work.
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