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CHAP. VIII.
On the Utility of different Animals in the Creation.
Locusts. Mosquitoes. Ostrich. Hints to explain
the Principle of Action in those Animals, which,
having no Responsibility, can have no blame ···
CHAP. IX.
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Further Observations on the Utility of Animals ; illus-
trated by more familiar and obvious Instances. Of
the Swallow. Common Earth-worms, Viper, and
Toad. The smallest and weakest of Animals are of
infinite Importance ・・・
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CHAP. X.
A few Remarks on the Abstract Principle of Pleasure
and Pain, as it Affects or Governs some Part of the
Animal World
CHAP. XI.
Of the Change of Matter that is continually taking
place throughout the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral
Kingdoms
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CHAP. XII.
Conclusion, and Recapitulation......
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On the General Nature of the Pursuit; and its Effects
on Individuals, and to Society at large..
CHAP. II.
A mere Acquaintance with the proper Technical Terms,
and a Knowledge of Scientific Arrangement, not the
true and most important Objects of this Study. A
milder and more noble View of the Subject. Of the
Elements
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CHAP. III.
The Animal Kingdom capable of exciting the most In-
terest. On the Nature of Animals. Objections to
Buffon's System. A Definition of the Mental Fa-
culties
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CHAP. IV.
Illustrations to prove the Truth of what has been ad-
vanced in the preceding Chapter, in respect to the
Mental Capacities of what are termed the Inferior
Animals..
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CHAP. V.
Some important Reflexions, arising from a Considera-
tion of the Nature of Animals. On the State of Man.
His Free Agency. Predestination. The Doctrines
of Chance. Atheism.·
CHAP. VI.
On the Extent of Man's Dominion over animated Na-
ture, and of the Caution he ought to observe against
abusing his Power. On the Sense of Pain in inferior
Animals
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CHAP. VII.
Man considered as the Vicegerent of God upon Earth.
Some of his Duties connected with a Knowledge of
the Nature of Animals. How far Inferior Creatures
have been created for the Use of Man. On the Re-
lations which Animals bear to each other, and the
Checks which restrain their Numbers within due
Limits...
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