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at all, except in our earlieft and moft dccible years. But of the in- 

 vention and perfedlon of this art, which is fo capital a part of the 

 hiftory of man, I will fay a great deal more in the fequel. In 

 the mean time I will proceed to give an account of man in this fe- 

 cond ftage of his natural ftate, after he is ereded, and has got the 

 ufe of his hands and feet, but before he has learned the ufe of laa- 

 guage, or of laws and government. 



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