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out Occupations ſtill more laborious: He continues a Drudge to his laſt Minute; nay, he courts Death to be able to live, or renounces Life to acquire Immortality. He cringes to Men in Power whom he hates, and to rich Men whom he deſpiſes; he ſticks at nothing to have the Honour of ſerving them; he is not aſhamed to value himſelf on his own Weakneſs and the Protection they afford him; and proud of his Chains, he ſpeaks with Diſdain of thoſe who have not the Honour of being the Partner of his Bondage. What a Spectacle muſt the painful and envied Labours of an European Miniſter of State form in the Eyes of a Carribean! How many cruel Deaths would not this indolent Savage prefer to ſuch a horrid Life, which very often is not even ſweetened by the Pleaſure of doing good? But to ſee the drift of ſo many Cares, his Mind ſhould firſt have affixed ſome Meaning to theſe Words Power and Re-