Logic, and withal much quicker, the beſt Rules of Conduct, which for the ſake of his own Safety and Advantage it was proper he ſhould obſerve towards them.
Inſtructed by experience that the Love of Happineſs is the ſole Principle of all human Actions, he found himſelf in a Condition to diſtinguish the few Caſes, in which common Intereſt might authorize him to build upon the Aſſiſtance of his Fellows, and thoſe ſtill fewer, in which a Competition of Intereſts might juſtly render it ſuſpected. In the firſt Caſe he united with them in the ſame Flock, or at moſt by ſome kind of free Aſſociation which obliged none of its Members, and laſted no longer than the tranſitory Neceſſity that had given birth to it. In the ſecond Caſe every one aimed at his own private Advantage, either by open Force if he found himſelf ſtrong enough, or by Cunning and Addreſs if
