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 Advantage could the mot favoured derive from her Partiality, to the Prejudice of others, in a State of things, which carce admitted any kind of Relation between her Pupils? Of what Service can Beauty be, where there is no Love? What will Wit avail People who don't peak, or Craft thoe who have no Affairs to tranact? Authors are contantly crying out, that the tronget would oppres the weaket; but let them explain what they mean by the Word Oppreion. One Man will rule with Violence, another will groan under a contant Subjection to all his Caprices: this is indeed preciely what I oberve among us, but I don't ee how it can be aid of avage Men, into whoe Heads it would be a hard Matter to drive even the Meaning of the Words Domination and Servitude. One Man might indeed eize on the Fruits which another had gathered, on the Game which another had killed,