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rafs you with injuiiies ? does he impofe on jcr.r ere 

 dulity, or clieat you with conlidence ? does he refufe 

 fulfilment of his obligations, or ur.juflly claim the com- 

 pletion of yours ? does the imperious fuperior plunder 

 the faithful menial ot his wages, of th„t humble pit- 

 tance which his induftry had earned,. ,Andr his frugality 

 faved ? docs the.prpud priiftitioner, epuenched in pro- 

 perty, bid defiance to ji^ftice and to law? does he,, by 

 the pcrverfion of fenfe, and the contortion of truth, 

 pnzzle the underflanding of the judge? -or, by fubter- 

 fuge and evafion, does he, Proteus ^like, elude the ven- 

 geflnee of a juft decifion :* Thefe are evils flo\yii-!g from 

 'the Corruption c^f our nature ; evils' which' ^he moralift, 

 and the man of benevolence, inuil deplore ; ytt, in a 

 court of juftice the unfortunate may find a friend, and 

 the injured may find remeid, The wit h?.th faid, that 

 among the praftitioners of th?'^ lavV, wc car.Wot count 

 the men of generous prirrtpl'es and liberal vieWg ; but 

 let him recoUeft the names of an iLxik'iue,''^ Tslt, ^nd 

 a Corbet. ' ' '■ ' ' , " '!' ' ' ''^ 



Procraftination is the •bpprpbrmrn oT'ih'e'pto'feffi'on"; 

 the law's delay may be allevi?led ; but, from the 'frailty 

 of humanity, cannot be rem: vcri ; and, like the abfenc<: 

 of the fun, it is a parcirJ evil refuking from the netef- 

 fity of things. Thus law-fuits, as the means of ren- 

 dering rights effeftualjend of remedying 'Tvrongs, are be- 

 neficial to individuals. 



Other arguments may he fu£;n;cfted by fuperior under- 

 ftandings, and enforced by more learned pens; fuffice it 

 to add, tliat the above are fufficient to remove the confci- 

 entious doubts of T. R. 



