ferent which they have never ſeen, and they attribute to Men a natural Inclination to Slavery, on account of the Patience with which the Slaves within their Notice carry the Yoke; not reflecting that it is with Liberty as with Innocence and Virtue, the Value of which is not known but by thoſe who poſſeſs them, tho' the Reliſh for them is loſt with the things themſelves. I know the Charms of your Country, ſaid Braſidas to a Satrap who was comparing the Life of the Spartans with that of the Perſepolites; but you cannot know the Pleaſures of mine.
As an unbroken Courſer erects his Main, paws the Ground, and rages at the bare Sight of the Bit, while a trained Horſe patiently ſuffers both Whip and Spur, juſt ſo the Barbarian will never reach his Neck to the Yoke which civilized Man carries without murmuring,
