Nations are either Savage, Barbarous, Civilized, or Enlightened.

1. Savages are those who are ignorant of the art of writing, and whose ideas are confined to objects which strike the senses. They are inclined to be superstitious, cruel, and revengeful, but are in general free from the acquired vices of more enlightened people. They live together in tribes, and have a deadly hatred towards all other tribes. They delight in war, and are noted for the patient endurance of fatigue, and contempt of pain. Some of the African tribes, and the North American Indians are of this class.

2. Barbarous, or half civilized nations, are those which by written laws, religious ceremonies, or a partial advance in the arts of life, have evidently emerged from a savage state. Their progress towards civilisation is slow, and as advance is made, their characteristic fierceness and barbarity give place to more regular habits. Cruelty to females is a characteristic of the savage and many of the barbarous nations.

3. Civilized nations are those which have arranged their knowledge, in the form of arts and sciences. Females are in such nations treated with kindness.

4. Enlightened nations have brought the arts, sciences, religion, and laws, to exert their greatest and best influence on mankind. In these nations females are educated to be companions of the men, and are treated with the greatest kindness and respect. The United States and some parts of Europe are of this class.

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