gins to ſurvey the reſt, and wiſhes to be ſurveyed himſelf; and public Eſteem acquires a Value. He who ſings or dances beſt; the handſomeſt, the ſtrongeſt, the moſt dexterous, the moſt eloquent, comes to be the moſt reſpected: this was the firſt Step towards Inequality, and at the ſame time towards Vice. From theſe firſt Preferences there proceeded on one ſide Vanity and Contempt, on the other Envy and Shame; and the Fermentation raiſed by theſe new Levains at length produced Combinations fatal to Happineſs and Innocence.
Men no ſooner began to ſet a Value upon each other, and know what Eſteem was, than each laid claim to it, and it was no longer ſafe for any Man to refuſe it to another. Hence the firſt Duties of Civility and Politeneſs, even among Savages; and hence every voluntary Injury
