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, although a new one, will maintain himself as easily in his states as he who reigns by hereditary right, if he follows the maxims I have laid down ; and his situation is perhaps preferable in certain respects to that of the hereditary prince, because as we pay more attention to the conduct of a new prince, if he governs with wisdom, his merit will conciliate the esteem and affection of the penple more than any legitimate right of dominion. It is besides well known