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fabricate glass, by means of which we en- 

 joy the light of day without being exposed 

 to the changes and inclemencies of the 

 weather ? Is it not^to social industry, that 

 we owe those locks which render our dwelling 

 a secure asylum ? 



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. All that attracts the eye of the husband- 

 man in his humble habitation, is a convin- 

 cing proof of the innumerable benefits of 

 society. The couch on which he reposes, 

 the garments which cover him, unceasingly 

 recal to his mindj that without this union 

 with his species, man had never used the 

 rich fleece of the sheep, or derived any ad- 

 vantage from it. The aliments by which he 

 is nourished, must continually recai to his 

 remembrance the efforts that e necessary 

 to obtain them. Through how many variou* 

 forms has uot that simple aliment bread 

 passed, before being fit for the food of man ! 

 The earth, opened by the plough, at first re- 

 ceives the fruitful seed; and when summci 

 has ripened the g-olden harvests, the han-d of 



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