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but prefers the moſt ſtormy Liberty to a calm Subjection. It is not therefore by the ſervile Diſpoſition of enſlaved Nations that we muſt judge of the natural Diſpoſitions of Man for or againſt Slavery, but by the Prodigies done by every free People to ſecure themſelves from Oppreſſion. I know that the firſt are conſtantly crying up that Peace and Tranquility they enjoy in their Irons, and that miſerrimam ſervitutem pacem appellant: But when I ſee the others ſacrifice Pleaſures, Peace, Riches, Power, and even Life itſelf to the Preſervation of that ſingle Jewel ſo much ſlighted by thoſe who have loſt it; when I ſee free-born Animals through a natural Abhorrence of Captivity daſh their Brains out againſt the Bars of their Priſon; when I ſee Multitudes of naked Savages deſpiſe European Pleaſures, and brave Hunger, Fire and Sword, and Death itſelf to preſerve their Independency; I feel that