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cannot compenſate for damage done by the former; perhaps the wiſeſt anſwer would be, that every creature was formed for itſelf, and each allowed to ſeize as great a quantity of happineſs from the univerſal ſtock, as was conſiſtent with the univerſal plan; thus each was formed to make the happineſs of each; the weak of the ſtrong, and the ſtrong of the weak, but ſtill in proportion to every order, power of conqueſt and enjoyment. Thus we ſhall find, that though man may be reciprocally uſeful to other animals, yet in ſome meaſure they were formed for his uſe, becauſe he has been endowed with every power of rendering them ſubſervient, and enjoying their ſubmiſſion.
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