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we have of men : So that unlefs we could fuppofe a total change 

 of our fpecies, as it thus appears from every fymptom to be draw- 

 ing to an end, it muft at laft come to that end. 



And thus, I think, I have proved, and, I think, I may fay demon- 

 ftrated, by arguments a priori^ that the prefent race of men is dravv"- 

 ing to an end, and that the latter days are not far off. 



In the next chapter I will ftate my arguments from hiftory, both 

 antient and modern, tending to fhow that the numbers of men have 

 decreafed very much in antient times, and ftill more in modern. 



GHAF, 



