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dence rules these colonies, of which, she 
has reserved to herself the entire direc- 
tion; and shows us, that, in delivering 
man to his own guidance, she has sub- 
jected him to a great and heavy respon- 
sibility. If natural history had only 
served to prove this truth, it would have 
attained the most dignified end of which 
the sciences may boast — that of endea- 
vouring to ameliorate the human species;. 
by the examples it lays before us. 
