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 ¬ CHAPTER VII. ¬In which Morten still continues his Account of A r mat a, anil points to the origin of a great Revolution. ¬" No country but Armata could have sur- mounted, as she did, so disastrous a conflict as the Hesperian war; but such is the energy of her extraordinary people, that after a short depression, she roused herself like a strong man after sleep, and stood again erect, to sustain the shock of events still more disastrous, which fol- lowed in its train. ¬" The nearest country to us is Capetia, a kingdom of great extent and population; but notwithstanding our vicinity and common origin, the people perhaps of no two planets or worlds can be more completely different, and from a mistaken policy in the governments of both for many ages, this difference between them has been always increasing, and ancient F 3 an- ¬