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governors. — Thefe muft be very few in every nation. — The excellency of the fpecles, 

 Man, confined to a few races, like that of other fpeciefes. — The two other clafles of 

 men fit only to be governed, but in different ways. — Iso education can make men fit 

 to govern, who by nature are not qualified : — How it was firft difcevered that 

 men by nature were fo qualified. — It was by the look, the figure, and the fize. 

 — In this way men were diftinguiflied in the herds; — and (U^ ^mprt; i^i^t^e f?^- 

 eties formed of families, — of thefe were the firft founders of States and Rulers. 

 —This proved by the example of the firft States of c.reece. — No States could have 

 been conftituted without fuch men. — The defcription of fuch men by Homer. — Of 

 the heroic Kings in Greece. — Thefe not Da:mons, like the firft Egyptian Kings, but 

 mere men that came from Crete or Egypt. — Of the heroic form of Government, — 



of the qualifications necefiary for the governor of fuch a ftate ^The fame form of 



Government among the Indians of North America. — Obfervations upon the necefllty 

 of eloquence for carrying on a free Government — The antient heroic Kings excelled 

 in that art. — The account of thofe Kings given by Homer, an important part in the 

 hiftory of man. — ^They were the nobleft race of men that ever exifted. — No 

 exaggeration by Homer in their characters and manners; — all thofe heroes of 

 noble birth. — The value of horfes depends upon their birth. — bio diftin<5lion 

 betwixt men and horfes in that refpedl. — In later times, the diftinftion of birth 

 obferved, particularly among the Athenians and the Romans. — The bad con- 



fcquences of the negleft of that diftincUon, particularly among the Romans. 



The fame diftinftion of birth obferved in modern times, particularly in the Knights 



of Malta. — No diftinftion of races of men now, as there was in the heroic times. 



Of the degeneracy of the heft races of men by impure mixtures, and by an improper 

 education and manner of life — Example of one heroic race being preferved by living 

 in a proper way. — The Government in Rome under the Kings, the fame with the 

 heroical Government. — Better under one King than two Confuls. — Of the defeft of 

 the heroic Governments in giving fo much power to the people. — ^The confequence 

 of that in Athens and in Rome. — Another objection to tliis heroical Government is 

 that it was not fitted for the improvement of arts and fciences. — ^Thefe defects reme- 

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The queftion to be confidered is, "Which is the beft form of governmen*- amonfr men ? 

 — That the democratical is the worft, the author fupppfe^ m the, preceding chapter. 

 — That it is foj proved <i, ./r^ri, from the , nature, ©^ man and^of government: — 

 Proved alfo by faft and experience,— particularly by the;exampje ^of^'the Athenians, 

 a people, the clevercft that perhaps ever exifted; yet they' could not govern them- 

 felves.— When they ceafed to be governed by the laws which S.olpif , gave them, or 



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