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f -- BOOR %N i
T H E CLIMATE
I
i , OF LAWS IN RELATION TO THE NATURE OF
I .-Generd Idea I
F it be true that the temper of the mind and the e~a~d~E.9~
cold air constringes the extremities of the external fibres d the body ;a this increases their elasticity, and favors the te-
of the blood from the extreme parts to the heart. It con- tractsb those very fibres ; consequently it increases also their borce. On the contrary, warm air relaxes and lengthens the
mes of the fibres ; of course it diminishes their force and
in cold climates,. Here n of the extremities of
re better performed, the temperature of the humors
er opinion of security,
under this circumstance you , I believe you will find him
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222 MONTESQUIEU THE SPIRIT OF LAWS 223
very little disposed towards it; his present weakness will even some rows of them were sunk into their sheath.
been saying, that in ter distinguish some particular less expanded: they distance of h e , we shall find e sheltered from the planted into southern regions they have not such -- a~ their countrymen, who,
ies they have very little sensibility for pleas-
the miliary glands are comtries; consequently the soul is there
YOU must flay a Muscovite alive to make
where, to the naked these papillae 1 hav hairs, or a kind of down ; between the papillae we shaped towards the ends like pincers. Very likely mid@ are the principal organ of taste. I caused the half of this tongue to be frozen, and ob
it with the naked eye I found the papilk considerably
a malefactor to death from, The law of nations t which he is p i s h e d was ma,de
therefore, object to it. aw of slavery can aevw
is law js to -
THE SPIRIT OF LAWS
ing and trimming their beards in a dierent manner, gave to the law by which the Americans became Slaves to th
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness ; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
4.-Another Origin of the Right of Slavery I would as soon say that religion gives its professors a right
to enslave those who dissent from it, in order to render its
were superlatively devout. Louis XI11 g was extremely uneasy at a law by which
the negroes of his colonies were to be made slaves ; but it bei' ing strongly urged to him as the readiest means for their con: version, he acquiesced without further sctuple.
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5.-Of the SMery of the Negroes Were I to vindicate our right to make slaves of the n e p 9
i the Muscovites sell themselves very
tracts of land. sugar be too dear if the plants which produce it wq
see *' Hi*rp of the Conpest of Labst's t'r New V~JIW to the Thc above -mate $rpl a c t r i i " P n g ~ n t State of Rasshss in.tana of the udice under a Daanprda " Vo=*# WL damow by Solis and that of Pau," d America," VOI. iv. p st(, in
by ~a&laaao de b Vcpe lam01 ch rpm a I i M can labor.-
king 'om- they :e of
THE SPIRIT OF LAWS 253
.it costs little to maintain a wife and children ;d they
fthe Law of Polygamy is an affair that depends 0% Calculation
servient to His will.
1 only give their reasons, but do not justify their
5.-The Reasofi of a Law of Malabar
of mpportirsg them
MONTESQUIEU THE SPIRIT OF LAWS 3 5 7
ers qore pare in the sev&al parts of the as the confinement of women is more
situation of the Land have divided the cowtry f petty states, which from causes that o mention are rendered despotic.
Z
as$ MOSTESQUIEU
lcingd*d~wea. I n ~ ~ t t i e s t h e t w o ma those la?ws'wbich pt~~)perly~leIolmg 50 each.
o f ~ E a J s t ~ ~ & & c ~ n ~ e n ~ ~ & o t h e &, Thiwe whi8 &er the horrible &, the
h c l c x d m d & h Indim, d m e 4-
1- will chriy me that it h kt?qaently aa rmecwswy to aepa-
haw nwPy,
sdwm for the pkmara of me, m f r i h t e to the am-f an.
All natians we equally agreed n h y ors. the i t rccrh- of WOM~I. ,
wa t5 &. She has mb5ri&ed tile
to thdt psmm&m; but ts eathue ~pecitt8, she ha m t e d anly e mamat.
THE Q-PIRIT OF LAWS
is tleen fw from being true that to: be incontinent is to
be obsmc=d cmly by behaving with
for intelugent beings to feel their im-
individuals die has p n k d a long