BOOK II PART III
ent than the sentiments, actions, and passions
of the two sexes, of which the one are distin-
guished by their force and maturity, the other
by their delicacy and softness?
Are the changes of our body from infancy
to old age more regular and certain than those
of our mind and conduct? And would a man
be more ridiculous, who would expect that an
infant of four years old will raise a weight of
three hundred pound, than one, who from a
person of the same age would look for a philo-
sophical reasoning, or a prudent and well-
concerted action?
We must certainly allow, that the cohesion of
the parts of matter arises from natural and nec-
essary principles, whatever difficulty we may
find in explaining them: And for a reason we
must allow, that human society is founded on