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84 that his affections comprehend his other connections, weakening, as with us, from circle to circle, as they recede from the centre that his friendſhips are ſtrong and faithful to the uttermoſt extremity: that his ſenſibility is keen, even the warriors weeping moſt bitterly on the loſs of their children, though in general they endeavour to appear ſuperior to human events: that his vivacity and activity of mind is equal to ours in the ſame ſituation: hence his eagerneſs for hunting, and for games of chance. The women are ſubmitted to unjuſt drudgery. This I believe is the caſe with every barbarous people. With ſuch force is law. The ſtronger ſex therefore impoſes on the weaker. It is civilization alone which replaces women in the