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1078 men, who!ic ca*e Paul Ipcfltcth, needed only to have been cbati^d from human into brutal forms, in order to hnve been pitied fta beaftts by tboft«^ who pitied tliem not as men ; their gresitett mis- fortune was to have human afiection^ to he wounded, as ofl ol& they shewed their existence, hopes to be blTghtcd, memory to foster in its wounds, sefLtimentx of manhood to be trodden to deolb ; Lheir Tnis«^' w&s tlieJr manhood, they wanted only lo be unsouled, to be emptied of hu- manity^ in order that their burden* bearing, and woe-endurinp earcasc might have rcecircd the pity whieh man, transformed by pride or araricc» hath not for his slare, hot yet hath often for his idomeittir animals. L Now, if a man skilled in wisdocn, rich in fcreU ing, and intent on the welfare of hie kind, aueh a philanthropist, as we have many in these times, though in the classical times there were none, had pone among thi^ class of men as Paul did, be would have thought of many things for their amelioration. Piritt, he would have sought to abrotifate the taws whieh encouraj^ed the debasing and cruel entreating of slaves, and have endea- voured to substitute othcra in their room, which might hold the despotism of masters in check. And what law e^uld not do, or dnrat not venture upon, he wouhl have ^ou^lit to uccvuipli&h by diffusing the knowledge of man's natural equality, and of sentimenta of kindness towards his follow. And when gentler feelings had wrought their cHect upon the masters, he would hare sought access to the slaTCs by know- ledge, and instructed them in the elements of itnderstaudiiig. And formud societies for ilieir t074 THE CLHSK AS TO DODILT LABODR. [, «niaDCJpatiuu, ami pelitioneil Uie legislature fi Uieir frmlom^ aod pursued the course w philanthropy bath followed out with respect the IVo^roGS, but to which pbUaQtbropy in classical timea was blind as the mole. Foliti zea] again would have followed another cou pTL'tLcliiiig U|i liberty aiid e(|uality aud the rigb of man— aiuging&uffcriiig humanity to the quicks and lashing her into madoetSt stnd the consequence would bavc bcco a servile war of cruelty and &ftsinBtion. liut alter neither ol' tliese courtM St. Paul proceed. He meddled with no catabltab* ed lawn; neillier did he ^t himself sigaiiuitB&y of the wretched institutions of society. Ueota- blifibcd no schools to educate them, he beson^ not their masters to emancipate them; nor Ibrtliit end did he establish any asjmciatioD^ however li ntiurable or philantliropical : be waited for nu fusion of ktiuwK'dge,