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 but prefers the mot tormy Liberty to a calm Subjection. It is not therefore by the ervile Dipoition of enlaved Nations that we mut judge of the natural Dipoitions of Man for or againt Slavery, but by the Prodigies done by every free People to ecure themelves from Oppreion. I know that the firt are contantly crying up that Peace and Tranquility they enjoy in their Irons, and that mierrimam ervitutem pacem appellant: But when I ee the others acrifice Pleaures, Peace, Riches, Power, and even Life itelf to the Preervation of that ingle Jewel o much lighted by thoe who have lot it; when I ee free-born Animals through a natural Abhorrence of Captivity dah their Brains out againt the Bars of their Prion; when I ee Multitudes of naked Savages depie European Pleaures, and brave Hunger, Fire and Sword, and Death itelf to preerve their Independency; I feel that