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 why, in this primitive State, one Man hould have more Occaion for the Aitance of another, than one Monkey, or one Wolf for that of another Animal of the ame Species; or uppoing that he had, what Motive could induce another to ait him; or even, in this lat Cae, how he, who wanted Aitance, and he from whom it was wanted, could agree among themelves upon the Conditions. Authors, I know, are continually telling us, that in this State Man would have been a mot mierable Creature; and if it is true, as I fancy I have proved it, that he mut have continued many Ages without either the Deire or the Opportunity of emerging from uch a State, this their Aertion could only erve to jutify a Charge againt Nature, and not any againt the Being which Nature had thus contituted; but, if I thoroughly undertand this Term mierable, it is a Word, that either has no Meaning, or ignifies