"But then this superfecundity, though of great occasional use and importance, exceeds the ordinary capacity of nature …"

"These properties of animals, wherever they are found, must, I think, be referred to design; because there is, in all …"

"Now, according to the established order of Nature, (which we must suppose to prevail, or we cannot reason at all upon…"

"[T]he system of destruction amongst animals holds an express relation to the system of fecundity; that they are parts…"

"These are the natures appropriated to the situation. Let [the wild beasts] enjoy their existence; let them have their…"

"[E]lections to the supreme power having upon some occasions produced the most destructive contentions, many states wo…"

"Government, at first, was either patriarchal or military; that of a parent over his family, or of a commander over hi…"

"Some excuse seems necessary for the pain and loss which we occasion to brutes, by restraining them of their liberty, …"

"In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might…"

"The great revolution which has taken place in the Western World may probably conduce (and who knows but that it was d…"