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 at the utmot Bounds of that Perfection it is capable of. Behold all our natural Qualities put in Motion; the Rank and Condition of every Man etablihed, not only as to the quantum of Property and the Power of erving or hurting others, but likewie as to Genius, Beauty, Strength or Addres, Merit or Talents; and as thee were the only Qualities which could command Repect, it was found neceary to have or at leat to affect them. It was requiite for Men to be thought what they really were not. To be and to appear became two very different things, and from this Ditinction prang Pomp and Knavery, and all the Vices which form their Train. On the other hand, Man, heretofore free and independent, was now in conequence of a Multitude of new Wants brought under Subjection, as it were, to all Nature, and epecially to his Fellows, whoe Slave in ome ene he became,