The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-02-16

perfectly protected by clothing. SC, in
duees variety of diseases, which destroy
more slowly A great excess ofheat, again,
may at once excite a fatal apoplexy, aud
heat in inferior degrees, but long continued,
NAV cause those fevers, &c, which prevail
in warm climates, and which are so de-
slructive to strangers in these climates.
Each species Of animal has peculiar
temperature natural 10 it. and in the dlversl-
tv are found creatures fitted to live in all
parts of the earth, what is wanting In inter-
nal bodily constitution being foAnd in the
admirable protecting covering which nature
has provided for them-coverlngs which
grow from their bodies, with form of fur or
feather in the exact degree required, and
even so as in the same animal to vary with
climate and season. Such covering, how
ever, has been denied 10 man; but the de-
NAL il not one Qfunkindness sit is the in
dication OF his superior nature and destinies.
Godlike reason was bestowed on man, by
which he subjects all nature to his use, and
he was left to clothe himself.
The human race is naturally the inhab-
liant of warm climate, and the paradise
described as Adams first abode, NAV be
said still to exist over vast regions about
the equator. There the suns influence is
strong and uniform, producing a rich and
warm garden, in which human beings, how
ever ignorant Of the world which they had
come 10 inhabit, would have their necessi.
ties supplied almost by wishing. The ripe
fruit is there always hanging from the
branches; of clothing there is required on
lywhat moral feelings may dictate, or wha,
may be supposed to add grace to the form
and el,ahar Frc,,, g..
bread leaves spread on connected reeds will
complete an Indian hut. The human fami-
ly, i'll multiplying and spreading in all drec-
tons from such centre, woul,! find, to the
east and west, only The heightened paradise
with slightly varying features of beauty
but to the north and south, the changes oil
season, which make the bee Of high lati-
tudes lay up It's winter store of honey, and
sending migrating birds from country 10
country in search of warmth and food, would
also rouse mans energies to protect himself
His faculties of foresight and contrvance
would come into play, awakening industry
and, as their fruits, he would soon possess
the knowledge and the arts which secure a
happy existence in all climates, from the equa
tor almost to the pole. 1t is chiefly because
man has learned to produce at will, and to
control, the woodworking principle oil
heat, that in the rude winter, which seems
the death of nature. he, and other tropical
animals and plants which he protects do
not in reality perish-even az a canary bird
escaped from its cage, or an infant exposed
among the snow-hills. By producing heat
from his fire, he obtains novel and most
pleasurable sort of existence and in the
night while the dark and freezing winds are
bowling over his roof, he 5asks in the pres.
ence of his mimic sun, surrounded by his
friends and all the delights of society, while
in his store-rooms, or in those of merchant:
at his command, ne has the treasured deli
cacies of every season and cline. He sooI
becomes aware, too, that the dreary winter
instead of being a curse, is really in many
respects blessing, by arousng from the
apathy to which the eternal serenity of Q
tropical sky so much disposes. In climates
where labor and ingenuity must precede
enjoyment, every faculty of mind and body
is invigorated; and hence the sterner eli
mates form the perfect man. II is in them
that the arts and sciences have reached
their present advancement, and that the
brightest examples have appeared Of intel
lectual and moral excellence.
.4rnoh's Physics.