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It must give one an high Idea of the Va lue of Laws and a Constitution, when we take a View of the dismal Condition in which most Countries were, before they were blessed with a civil Policy. It is certain that Men were upon the same Footing with the Fish of the Sea, or the wild Beasts of the Field ; the greater devour ing the less, and feeding upon the Carcafles of their Fellow-Creatures. Even Egypt itself, the Mother of Arts civil and religious, was once infamous for Inhospitality and Murder :— l a^-OO —-Who has not heard 264. (<0 offierce Eurystheus ? Or th' all-hated Name Qf

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