Family produced, the more illuſtrious it was reckoned.
Were this a proper place to enter into Details, I could eaſily explain in what manner Inequalities in point of Credit and Authority become unavoidable among private Perſons (19) the Moment that, united into one Body, they are obliged to compare themſelves one with another, and to note the Differences which they find in the continual Uſe every Man muſt make of his Neighbour. Theſe Differences are of ſeveral Kinds; but Riches, Nobility or Rank, Power and perſonal Merit, being in general the principal Diſtinctions, by which Men in Society meaſure each other, I could prove that the Harmony or Conflict between theſe different Forces is the ſureſt Indication of the good or bad original Conſtitution of any State: I could make it appear that, as among
