Propenſity, quite void of any thing like pure Love or Affection, produced nothing but an Act that was merely Animal. The preſent Heat once allayed, the Sexes took no further Notice of each other, and even the Child ceaſed to have any Tie in his Mother, the Moment he ceaſed to want her Aſſiſtance.
Such was the Condition of Infant Man; ſuch was the Life of an Animal confined at firſt to pure Senſations, and ſo far from harbouring any Thought of forcing her Gifts from Nature, that he ſcarcely availed himſelf of thoſe which ſhe offered to him of her own accord. But Difficulties ſoon aroſe, and there was a Neceſſity for learning how to ſurmount them: the Height of ſome Trees, which prevented his reaching their Fruits; the Competition of other Animals equally fond of the ſame Fruits; the Fierceneſs of many that even aimed at his Life; theſe were ſo many
