Buffon's Natural History, Vol. 6 of 10

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Excerpt from Buffon's Natural History, Vol. 6 of 10: Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &C., , &C, And which education only serves to conceal. They are naturally inclined to theft, and the best education only converts them into servile and ¿attering robbers, for they have the same address, subtilty, and inclination for mischief or rapine. Like all knaves they know how to conceal their intentions, to watch, wait, and choose Opportunities for seizing their prey, to ¿y from punishment, and to remain away until the danger is over and they can return with safety. They readily conform to the habits of society, but never acquire its manners, they have only the appearance of attachment, as may be seen by the obliquity of their motions, and the duplicity of their looks, they never look in the face of those who treat them best and of whom they seem to be the most fond, but either through fear, or falsehood, they approach him by windings to seek for those caresses they have no pleasure in but only to ¿atter those from whom they receiveithem. Very differ ent from that faithful animal the dog, whose sentiments are all directed to the person of his master, the cat appears only to feel for him self, only to love conditionally, only to partake of society that he may abuse it and by this disposition he has more affinity to man than. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.