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quiſitions upon a better Title. It availed them nothing to ſay, 'Twas I built this Wall; I acquired this Spot by my Labour. Who traced it out for you, another might object, and what Right have you to expect Payment at our Expence for doing that we did not oblige you to do? Don't you know that Numbers of your Brethren periſh, or ſuffer grievouſly for want of what you poſſeſs more than ſuffices Nature, and that you ſhould have had the expreſs and unanimous Conſent of Mankind to appropriate to yourſelf of their Common, more than was requiſite for your private Subſiſtence? Deſtitute of ſolid Reaſons to juſtify, and ſufficient Forces to defend himſelf; cruſhing Individuals with Eaſe, but with equal Eaſe cruſhed by Numbers; one againſt all, and unable, on Account of mutual Jealouſies, to unite with his Equals againſt Banditti united by the common Hopes of Pillage; the rich Man, thus preſſed by Neceſſity, at