Pectore ſi fratris gladium juguloque parentis
Condere me jubeas, gravidæque in viſcera partu
Conjugis, in vitâ peragam tamen omnia dextrâ.
From the vaſt Inequality of Conditions and Fortunes, from the great Variety of Paſſions and of Talents, of uſeleſs Arts, of pernicious Arts, of frivolous Sciences, would iſſue Clouds of Prejudices equally contrary to Reaſon, to Happineſs, to Virtue. We ſhould ſee the Chiefs foment every thing that tends to weaken Men formed into Societies by dividing them; every thing that, while it gives Society an Air of apparent Harmony, ſows in it the Seeds of real Diviſion; every thing that can inſpire the different Orders with mutual Diſtruſt and Hatred by an Oppoſition of their Rights and Intereſts, and of courſe ſtrengthen that Power which contains them all.
