3。ContradictionintheTempersofsomeSouthernNations。TheIndians[5]
arenaturallyapusillanimouspeople；eventhechildren[6]ofEuropeansborninIndialosethecouragepeculiartotheirownclimate。Buthowshallwereconcilethiswiththeircustomsandpenancessofullofbarbarity？Themenvoluntarilyundergothegreatesthardships，andthewomenburnthemselves；herewefindaveryoddcompoundoffortitudeandweakness。
Nature，havingframedthosepeopleofatexturesoweakastofillthemwithtimidity，hasformedthematthesametimeofanimaginationsolivelythateveryobjectmakesthestrongestimpressionuponthem。Thatdelicacyoforganswhichrendersthemapprehensiveofdeathcontributeslikewisetomakethemdreadathousandthingsmorethandeath：theverysamesensibilityinducesthemtoflyanddarealldangers。
Asagoodeducationismorenecessarytochildrenthantosuchashavearrivedatmaturityofunderstanding，sotheinhabitantsofthosecountrieshavemuchgreaterneedthantheEuropeannationsofawiserlegislator。Thegreatertheirsensibility，themoreitbehovesthemtoreceiveproperimpressions，toimbibenoprejudices，andtoletthemselvesbedirectedbyreason。
AtthetimeoftheRomanstheinhabitantsofthenorthofEuropeweredestituteofarts，education，andalmostoflaws；andyetthegoodsenseannexedtothegrossfibresofthoseclimatesenabledthemtomakeanadmirablestandagainstthepowerofRome，tillthememorableperiodinwhichtheyquittedtheirwoodstosubvertthatgreatempire。