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 the fruits of humanity, and the bleſſings of religion. I could wiſh that no difference but that of colour, (which nature has made) ſhould contraſt the feelings of the African dependent and that of the European matter; I could with that the national weakneſs of the firſt ſhould be ſupported by the power of the laſt, that he ſhould be employed as a ſervant, but conſidered as a man. I could wiſh that the line of benevolence ſhould be extended, and cut a ray of light through the habitable globe, that it ſhould warm all countries, and fertilize the coldeſt ſoil—that, like the ſun, it ſhould vivify all nature, dry up every tear, and make no diſtinction of manners, or complection. Let the ſlave have freedom of will; let him be taught to reverence God; and then his duty to his maſter may be made efficient—his labour eaſy—his life comfortable, and his end reſigned.