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15 any thing relating to it, on which we can dwell with satisfaction.

Yet, had it, been. possible for the. lust of. dominion to know any bounds, or for the fever and. delirium of. ambition to. be allayed. by _ victories and _..possessions, Rome might have employed the: balm of science to alleviate the miseries of subjugation, .and. thus becoming. the benefactress, as. well as the empress of..the world, might have confirmed that. dominion which her arms had:obtained. Rich with the spoils, and mistress.of the erudition ofthe most learned nation. in the world, had it been an adequate part of her policy to. cultivate, and diffuse those branches of knowledge which dilute the fiercer passions, and which unite nation �