VI. TO NORWOOD. 



bers of such a family would be left to expire 

 in some solitary cave, or solicit deatli as a 

 favour. 



Such would be the destiny of man with- 



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out the cares which nature has taken to unite 

 families, by the imperious motive of theit* 

 common safety. 



It is to this union that the human species 

 are indebted for the empire of the universe, 

 and the perfection of every species of in- 

 dustry. 



Let us next briefly examine the advanta- 

 ges of the union of man with his species: 

 and that we may not be accused of over- 

 charging the picture, we shall not consider 

 how much the wealthy and the; great owe to 

 society;' we- shall not penetrate, into the re r 

 cesses of those sumptuous palaces embellish- 

 ed by the arts, and in the construction and 

 decoration of which 'so many hands have 

 been employed. We shall content ourselves 

 with considering the humble condition of 

 the peasantry. We bhall contemplate a des^ 



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