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 naturally void of fear, and always intent upon attacking and fighting. An illutrious Philoopher thinks on the contrary, and Cumberland and Puffendorff likewie affirm it, that nothing is more fearful than Man in a State of Nature, that he is always in a tremble, and ready to fly at the firt Motion he perceives, at the firt Noie that trikes his Ears. This, indeed, may be very true in regard to Objects with which he is not acquainted; and I make no doubt of his being terrified at every new Sight that preents itelf, as often as he cannot ditinguih the Phyical Good and Evil which he may expect from it, nor compare his Forces with the Dangers he has to encounter; Circumtances, that eldom occur in a State of Nature, where all Things proceed in o uniform a Manner, and the Face of the Earth is not liable to thoe udden and continual Changes occaioned in it by the Paions and Incontancies of collected Bodies. But