ties, took notice of nothing but what it was his Intereſt to ſee, and that his Underſtanding made as little Progreſs as his Vanity. If he happened to make any Diſcovery, he could the leſs communicate it as he did not even know his Children. The Art periſhed with the Inventer; there was neither Education nor Improvement; Generations ſucceeded Generations to no Purpoſe; and as all conſtantly ſet out from the ſame Point, whole Centuries rolled on in the Rudeneſs and Barbarity of the firſt Age; the Species was grown old, while the Individual ſtill remained in a State of Childhood.
If I have enlarged ſo much upon the Suppoſition of this primitive Condition, it is becauſe I thought it my Duty, conſidering what ancient Errors and inveterate Prejudices I have to extirpate, to dig to the very Roots, and ſhew in a true
