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 ; and we may thank our Indutry for the los of that Strength and Agility, which Neceity obliges him to acquire. Had he a Hatchet, would his Hand o eaily nap off from an Oak o tout a Branch? Had he a Sling, would it dart a Stone to o great a Ditance? Had he a Ladder, would he run o nimbly up a Tree? Had he a Hore, would he with uch Swiftnes hoot along the Plain? Give civilized Man but Time to gather about him all his Machines, and no doubt he will be an Overmatch for the Savage: but if you have a mind to ee a Contet till more unequal, place them naked and unarmed one oppoite to the other; and you will oon dicover the Advantage there is in perpetually having all our Forces at our Dipoal, in being contantly prepared againt all Events, and in always carrying ourelves, as it were, whole and entire about us. (6)

Hobbes would have it that Man is