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 ſtill, in almoſt every country, and of every religion, and of every ſect of philoſophy, a wiſer, a purer, and more holy claſs of men, who preſerved, by their inſtitutions, by their precepts, and their example, the memory of primitive innocence and ſimplicity. The Pythagoreans abhorred the ſlaughter of animals: Epicurus, and the worthieſt part of his diſciples, bounded their delights with the produce of their garden; and of the primitive Chriſtians, ſeveral ſects abominated the feaſt of blood, and were ſatisfied with the Rh