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To the
Republic of Geneva.
Magnificent, most Honoured,
and Sovereign Lords,
From a full Conviction, that a virtuous Man alone can offer to his Country Honours ſhe need not bluſh to receive, I have laboured theſe thirty Years paſt to render myſelf worthy of doing you homage in a public Manner; and the preſent happy Opportunity making up, in ſome meaſure, for what my Efforts have not been able to attain, I imagined I might conſult on the Occaſion the
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