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difpofed to monopolife difcoveries. The thing itfelf muft fooner 

 or later prevail, for utility convinces and governs mankind ; and 

 hov(rever inattention or timidity may for a time impede its pro- 

 grefs, I will venture to predid that it will at feme future period 

 be generally pradifed, not only in thefe iflands, but that it will 

 in time become a means of communication between the moft 

 diftant parts of the world, wherever arts and fciences have ci- 

 vilized mankind. 



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