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live together? But then I ſhould not approve Plebiſcita like thoſe of Rome, where the Heads of the Commonwealth, and thoſe moſt concerned in its Preſervation and Welfare, were excluded from Deliberations upon which its Safety often depended; and where, by the moſt abſurd in conſequence, the Magiſtrates were deprived of Privileges which the meaneſt Citizen enjoyed.
On the contrary, I ſhould have deſired, that, in order to put a ſtop to intereſted and ill-digeſted Projects, and dangerous Innovations, which proved in the end the Ruin of the Athenians, no private Citi-
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