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he thought himſelf too weak to uſe Violence.
Such was the manner in which Men might have inſenſibly acquired ſome groſs Idea of their mutual Engagements and the Advantage of fulfilling them, but this only as far as their preſent and ſenſible Intereſt required; for as to Foreſight they were utter Strangers to it, and far from troubling their Heads about a diſtant Futurity, they ſcarce thought of the Day following. Was a Deer to be taken? Every one ſaw that to ſucceed he must faithfully ſtand to his Poſt; but ſuppoſe a Hare to have ſlipt by within reach of any one of them, it is not to be doubted but he purſued it without ſcruple, and when he had ſeized his Prey never reproached himſelf with having made his Companions miſs theirs.
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