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 thoe which may contribute to it; in which cae we hould be obliged to conider him as mot virtuous, who made leat Reitance againt the imple Impules of Nature. But without deviating from the uual Meaning of thee Terms, it is proper to upend the Judgment we might form of uch a Situation, and be upon our guard againt Prejudice, till, the Balance in hand, we have examined whether there are more Virtues or Vices among civilized Men; or whether the Improvement of their Undertanding is ufficient to compenate the Damage which they mutually do to each other, in proportion as they become better informed of the Services which they ought to do; or whether, upon the whole, they would not be much happier in a Condition, where they had nothing to fear or to hope from each other, than in that where they have ubmitted to an univeral Suberviency, and have obliged themelves to depend for every thing