Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-08
ALEXANDRIA:
,WO,SU.AJ. SEP7AMBER 8. 1917.
CHANGES IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
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There is difference between grnb
and i butterfly; aud yet vonr OUT Fhf
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MAN from his embryo sta.e to his II
nal dissolution, assumes many different
forms the form, symmetry and rsa"s
of an infant, arc all extremely 'Hc'm-
plete. The head is, for some time, DIS
p, oportianally large; the hands anu 'eet
are i'll shaped; the hair is short and
scanty, and no teeth appear. In 'e"
months, however, the symmetry OF the
parts evident shows signs OF improve
msut. and the teeth begin to shout. In"
growth of TIE whole body, and the
strength and beauty Of its form gradually
advance towards perfection, till the s'Ath
or seventh year, when another change
takes place. At this period the first set
of teeth are shed, and are replaced by
new ones. From boyhocd TO puberty,
the size Of the body aud its different
members increases. When the age OF Pu-
berty arrives, several important changes
are produced. From this period to the age
oftwenty five or thirty, the muscles swell,
their intersiices are filed with tat, the
parts bear proper proportion to each o
Their, and man may now be considered as
a perfect animal In this state o. per-
fectian and visour, he generally remains
till he reaches his ffueth yea. Then, a
new but gradual change begins to ap-
pear. From the fiitieth year to the age
of seventy or eighty, tie powers OF the
body decline in activity and in strength
the muscles lose their force and elastici-
ty. The full visour OF manhood is n"
longer felt; and the decripitude OF old
ace is succeeded by death.
The mind of mao undergoes still
greater changes than his body. Ih'
taste, appetite and dispositions arc IN
perpetual fluctuatIon.
Nothing can be more different than the
taste of a child frsm that OF man.
Fsdd Of gewsa~s aud toys and trItilns
amusements, different in kind from the
gew- avs, toys and trifling amusements
which cap;ivate them in their ripper years
and old age. Children trOiic away their
time without much reflection. AS they
advance towards puberty, their dispose
tons aud desires suffer gradual muta
ton. New instincts are untulded, a
sense of propriety begins to be enter
tanned. They de-pise their former oc-
cupations and amusements, aud ditie'
rent kinds of objects, and another sPe-
Gle Of gewgaws and toys solicit and OBJ.
tain their attention. Their po 'ers OF
detection are considerably augmented
the sexes acquire a modesty and shy
uess with regard TO each other. his
awkward but natural Usefulness. BY the
il tercourse Of society, as we'll as BY the
impulscs of nature, vanishes soon after
Duber,,, when the state Of mankind com-
mcnces. From this period to the age ct
twenty-five o. thirty, mems minds As
sumo a bold, en,crprising and active tone
The TOYS they grasp at are OF mere
weight and Importance than before
They cog ge with ardour in the business
of lie, 10 K forward to tutnri'y, and
have a desire OF marrying and establish
ing families. All the social appetites
are IN ,isodr. More solid friendships
are srmed, and for some time they con.
;inue to enjoy such kind OF happiness as
their nature is capable Of receiving,
From fifty ts sixty, the powers If The DO.
jy decline, aud those OF the mud gene
rally, though not always, keep pace with
them. As they rose from their embryo
state to manhood, they now sink iroU
m,ilood down throu,h childhood tc
{. 4, their whole life being an inces
sant SERIES of chanses-a march I'D h,