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able in the original, becaufe they are very fel- 

 doin to be procured in that ftate ; and this diffi- 

 culty of procuring the foreign authors is un- 

 doubtedly very detrimental to the literature of 

 the nation : for difcoveries and obfervations, well 

 known on the continent, are frequently a long 

 time dormant here. But the intercourfe of coun- 

 tries, and the rapid progrefs of civiHzation, will 

 tend more and more to the diiFufion of fcience» 



