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putation; he ſhould be apprized that there are Men who conſider as ſomething the looks of the reſt of Mankind, who know how to be happy and ſatisfied with themſelves on the Teſtimony of others ſooner than upon their own. In fact, the real Source of all thoſe Differences, is that the Savage lives within himſelf, whereas the Citizen, conſtantly beſide himſelf, knows only how to live in the Opinion of others; inſomuch that it is, if I may ſay ſo, merely from their Judgement that he derives the Conſciouſneſs of his own Exiſtence. It is foreign to my ſubject to ſhew how this Diſpoſition engenders ſo much Indifference for good and evil, notwithſtanding ſo many and ſuch fine Diſcourſes of Morality; how every thing, being reduced to Appearances, becomes mere Art and Mummery; Honour, Friendſhip, Virtue, and often Vice itſelf, which we at laſt learn the ſecret to boaſt of; how, in ſhort, ever