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But I have laid enough already, in this volume, upon the bad efFeds 

 of civil fociety both upon the health and morals of men, enough, 

 I think, to prove it to be impoffible, by the nature of things, 

 that man can fubfift long in that ftate : For vices and difeafes*, go- 

 ing on from generation to generation, and always increafmg, muft 

 at laft confume the fpecies. But though, I think, this is evident a 

 priori^ and from the nature of the thing, I will, in the next chap- 

 ter, prove it by fadts. 



* Page 85. of the volume. 



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