STUDY VII. 5^ 



Spain in all it's fplendor, and afterwards againft 

 France and England united : her commerce ex- 

 tends over the whole Globe : fhe poffeffes power- 

 ful colonics in America, thriving fettlements in 

 Africa, formidable kingdoms in Alia. But if we 

 trace up to their fource the calamities and the wars 

 with which (lie has been vifitcd for two centuries, 

 it will be found that they proceed from the injuf- 

 tice of fome of her fettlements in thofe countries. 

 Her happinefs and her power are not to be attri- 

 buted to her republican form of Government, but 

 to that community of benefits, which flie prefents 

 indifcriminately to all her fubjeâis, and which pro- 

 duces the fame effeâis in defpotic Governments, 

 of which we have had reprefentations fo frightful. 



Among the Turks, as among the Dutch, there 

 is no fuch thing as quarrelling, or calumniating, 

 or ftealing, or proflitution, in the cities. Nay, 

 there is not to be found, perhaps, over the whole 

 Empire, a fingle Turkifli woman carrying on the 

 trade of a courtezan. There is, in the general 

 mind, neither reftleflnefs nor jealoufy. Every man 

 fees, without envy, in his fuperiors, a felicity at- 

 tainable by himfelf, and he is at all times ready to 

 lay down his life for the Religion and Govern- 

 ment of his Country. Their force abroad is by 

 no means inferior to the perfedion of their union 

 at home. With whatever contempt our Hiftorians. 



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