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 make him obey, who does not wih to command; and the mot refined Policy would find it impoible to ubdue thoe Men, who only deire to be independent; but Inequality eaily gains ground among bae and ambitious Souls, ever ready to run the Riks of Fortune, and almot indifferent whether they command or obey, as he proves either favourable or advere to them. Thus then there mut have been a time, when the Eyes of the People were bewitched to uch a Degree, that their Rulers needed only to have aid to the mot pitiful Wretch, "Be great you and all your Poterity," to make him immediately appear great in the Eyes of every one as well as in his own; and his Decendents took till more upon them, in proportion to their Removes from him: the more ditant and uncertain the Caue, the greater the Effect; the longer Line of Drones a