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 est Part of the Governments on Earth must be concluded, Tyrannies, Impostures, Violations of the Natural Rights of Mankind, and worse than the most disorderly Anarchies. How much other Forms exceed this, we shall consider immediately.

In all Parts of the World, Mankind, however debased, retains still the Sense of Feeling; the Weight of Tyranny, at last, becomes insupportable; but the Remedy is not so easy; in general, the only Remedy by which they attempt to cure the Tyranny, is to change the Tyrant; this is, and always was the Case for the greater Part. In some Countries however, were found Men of more Penetration; who discovered, "that to live by one Man's Will, was the Cause of all Men's Misery." They therefore changed their former Method, and assembling the Men in their several Societies, most respectable for their Understanding, and Fortunes, they confided to them the Charge of the Publick