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culties, fo far as they appeared, it was my intention 

 to have pointed out in this place, together with fiich 

 regulations as feeiiied to nne, fron^ a confiderable 

 attention to this pleafing fubje<5l, nnofl: likely to ob- 

 viate them; but I could not render them fo perfcdb 

 as to fatisfy my own mind, in time for the prefcnt 

 publication, which T was unwilling any longer to 

 delay, from an apprchenfion that a bill would be 

 brought into the I loufe of Commons by Mr. Gilbert 

 foon after the Chriftmas reccfs, which appeared to 

 me lefs adequate to the end propofed. There is a 

 principle in the human mind, which renders it im- 

 patient of controul; mankind in gen<rral may be 

 induced almoft to any thing; but he who attempts 

 to compel them, will find it an Herculean labour. 



By flri(5t difcipline and the terrors of martial law, 

 a body of men rnay be kept in a ilate of mechanical 

 fubjedtion; but if the commanding officer does noc 

 convince them that he has their intereft at heart, 

 and that he harralVes them no more than the fervice 

 neceflarily requires, thefe men will defert him at his 

 utmoft need. To fcaire their obedience^ he mull 

 gain their affedbion ; perfiwde them they are of con- 

 fequence, and they become enthufiafts in your caufe j 

 in like manner convince the multitude that they 

 can and ought to provide for themfelves, and they 

 :x.ilt frovid^ for thcmjelwcs. I ^.^^i 



