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6 cannot compenate for damage done by the former; perhaps the wiet anwer would be, that every creature was formed for itelf, and each allowed to eize as great a quantity of happines from the univeral tock, as was conitent with the univeral plan; thus each was formed to make the happines of each; the weak of the trong, and the trong of the weak, but till in proportion to every order, power of conquet and enjoyment. Thus we hall find, that though man may be reciprocally ueful to other animals, yet in ome meaure they were formed for his ue, becaue he has been endowed with every power of rendering them ubervient, and enjoying their ubmiion. NATURAL