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Dedication.
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I ſhould have deſired to be born in a Country, where the Sovereign and the Subjects could have but one and the ſame Intereſt, that all the Motions of the Machine might neceſſarily tend to the Welfare of the whole; and, as this cannot happen unleſs where the Sovereign and the Subjects are but one and the ſame Perſon, I muſt of courſe have deſired to be born under a democratical Government, wiſely tempered.
I ſhould have choſe to live and die free, that is to ſay, ſubject to the Laws in ſuch a Manner, that neither I, nor any other Member of the ſame Society, ſhould be
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