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They will reſpect the ſacred Bonds of thoſe Societies to which they belong; they will love their Fellows, and will ſerve them to the utmoſt of their Power; they will religiouſly obey the Laws, and all thoſe who make or adminiſter them; they will above all Things honour thoſe good and wiſe Princes, who find out Means to prevent, cure, or even palliate the Crowd of Evils and Abuſes always ready to overwhelm us; they will animate the Zeal of thoſe worthy Chiefs, by ſhewing them without Fear or Flattery the Importance of their Taſk, and the Rigour of their Duties. But after all they muſt deſpiſe a Conſtitution, which cannot ſubſiſt without the Aſſiſtance of ſo many Men of Worth, who are oftener wanted than found; and from which, in Spite of all their Cares, there always ſpring more real Calamities than apparent Advantages.

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(10.) Among the Men we are ourſelves acquainted with, or know by Hiſtory, or the Relations of Travellers; ſome are black, ſome white, and ſome red; ſome wear their Hair

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