pable; and we may thank our Induſtry for the loſs of that Strength and Agility, which Neceſſity obliges him to acquire. Had he a Hatchet, would his Hand ſo eaſily ſnap off from an Oak ſo ſtout a Branch? Had he a Sling, would it dart a Stone to ſo great a Diſtance? Had he a Ladder, would he run ſo nimbly up a Tree? Had he a Horſe, would he with ſuch Swiftneſs ſhoot along the Plain? Give civilized Man but Time to gather about him all his Machines, and no doubt he will be an Overmatch for the Savage: but if you have a mind to ſee a Conteſt ſtill more unequal, place them naked and unarmed one oppoſite to the other; and you will ſoon diſcover the Advantage there is in perpetually having all our Forces at our Diſpoſal, in being conſtantly prepared againſt all Events, and in always carrying ourſelves, as it were, whole and entire about us. (6)
Hobbes would have it that Man is
