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 Truths, forming to himelf, by the mot abtract Arguments, Maxims of Jutice and Reaon drawn from the Love of Order in general, or from the known Will of his Creator: In a word, tho' we were to uppoe his Mind as intelligent and enlightened, as it mut, and is, in fact, found to be dull and tupid; what Benefit would the Species receive from all thee Metaphyical Dicoveries, which could not be communicated, but mut perih with the Individual who had made them? What Progres could Mankind make in the Forets, cattered up and down among the other Animals? And to what degree could Men mutually improve and enlighten each other, when they had no fixed Habitation, nor any need of each other's Aitance; when the ame Perons carcely met twice in their whole Lives, and on meeting neither pake to, or o much as knew each other.? [sic]