us, who were travelling from a distant mission to Valdivia

for fear they should devour their masters. Thus the greatest defect

in the Government of the Romans raised them to be conquerors. By

being unhappy at home, they triumphed over and possessed themselves

of the world, till at last their divisions sunk them to slavery.

The Government of England will never rise to so exalted a pitch of

glory, nor will its end be so fatal. The English are not fired with

the splendid folly of making conquests, but would only prevent their

neighbours from conquering. They are not only jealous of their own

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