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, yet no hotilities have followed; and they who at wihing for miery and laughter are diappointed of their pleaure. But as peace is the end of war, it is the end likewie of preparations for war; and he may be jutly hunted down as the enemy of mankind, that can chue to natch by violence and bloodhed, what gentler means can equally obtain.

minitry are reproached as not daring to provoke an enemy, let ill ucces hould dicredit and diplace them. I hope that they had better reaons; that they paid ome regard to equity and humanity; and conidered themelves as entruted with the afety of their fellow-ubjects, and as the detroyers of all that hould be uperfluouly laughtered. But let us uppoe that their own afety had ome influence on their conduct, they will not, however, ink to a level with their enemies. Though the motive might be elfih, the act was innocent. They who grow rich by adminitering phyick,