A Sequel to Don Juan — page 86: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. | ch VI. Contemplate animal existence—scan Its regular ascending series—see Those functions, faithful unto Nature’s plan, Developing themselves progressively, And called Instinct in brutes, Reason in man ;* Then careful watch those functions till they be Expanded fully in their strength and grace, Of animals t’ endow the hightest race. Vid. That highest race is Man '—And now the mist Of metaphysical delusion ’s gone ! Vainly may the insane religionist Declare that instinct in the brute is one Product of matter—while he will insist That reason takes its rise from soul alone :— If man possess a soul, the brute must be Partaker of his immortality ! VIII. How pitiful is human pride! Thank God, I am as meek and lowly as the ass _ Which carried Jesus : not beneath my rod, Were I a king, should millions as they pass Doff cap, or courtiers tremble at my nod, As if the flesh of monarchs were not grass And liable, amidst the scenes most blythe, To be mowed down by Death’s unsparing scythe. * Il y a quelque difference ; il y a des ordres et des degres ; mais c’est sous le visage dune meme nature. — Montaigne. COnmiclboookxs. conn