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»it, that the more it is made an bbje£l: of 

 reafon, the higher it will rife in the fcale of 

 perfeftion. 



He afferts nothing upon the report of 

 others : his own reafon, aided by fome prac- 

 tice, has enabled him to exhibit the follow* 

 ing Propofal for the improvement of an Art, 

 on which the wealth, ftrength, and profpe- 

 rity, of this nation principally depend. 



A PROPOSAL 



