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Dedication.
fection for my diſtant Fellow Citizens, I ſhould have addreſſed them from the bottom of my Heart, and, as near as poſſible, in the following Expreſſions.
My dear Fellow Citizens, or, to ſpeak more properly, my dear Brethren, ſince the Ties of Blood unite us no leſs than a common Subjection to the ſame Laws, I find infinite Pleaſure in not being able to think of you, without thinking at the ſame time of all the Bleſſings you enjoy, and of whoſe Value there is not one among you, perhaps, more ſenſible, than I to whom they are loſt. The more I reflect on your political and civil Situa-
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