And this is a specific form of a still more general principle, which may well be pronounced self-evident--_that every thing should be treated according to its nature_.

The mind that can doubt of this, must be incapable of rational conviction.

Man, then,--it is the dictate of reason, it is the voice of Jehovah--must be treated _as a man_.

What is he?
What are his distinctive attributes?
The Creator impressed his own image on him.

In this were found the grand peculiarities of his character.