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thing elfe can avail. It is greatly to be 

 wiflaed therefore, that, the prefent and 

 very prelling neceffity may be a fpeedy 

 means of promoting a more general fy- 

 flem of cleanlinefs among thofe of cer- 

 tain flations who are well known to be de- 

 ficient in this matter, and effedlually 

 prompt them to it : Their , peace and 

 fafety, their interefl; and reputation, and 

 the public welfare, are all connected 

 t^ith it. But, if the cautions and advice 

 here offered, with the moft friendly in- 

 tention, ihali notwithftanding be over- 

 looked, or totally difregarded, miferable 

 muft be the condition of many ! Still 

 gaining ftrength, the difeafe will take 

 deeper root in the conftitution ; grow ob- 

 ftinate to remedies ; diffafe itfelf more 

 tmiverfally ; and really become, or gee 

 pofTeffion fo early as to appear, hereditary.; 

 It will continue the plague of this gene- 

 ration, and be tranfmitted, with ever}!' 

 circumdance of virulence, to pofterity. 



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