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 ''to every other Creature is only such as is most conducive towards the Felicity of the Whole. Every Individual was made principally for its own Sake, the meanest Insect as well as the proudest Monarch. We all are Fellow-Creatures.''

The following Piece is a Hint only of what I judged would be a noble Subject for a larger Poem; and if thereby some bright Genius'' may be excited to undertake it, my Pains have been well bestowed. In the mean while, I hope this Sketch may not be intirely useless, to set forth the Omnipotence, Wisdom and Goodness of the Creator, by a general View of his Works; a way I thought most likely to curb the Pride of ''.

I have advanced Nothing but what the Discoveries of the Learned have made most reasonable to believe, The Notes subjoin'd will, I hope, both vindicate me, and entertain my Readers.