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branch of the subject, I dare not flatter myself 

 that I have selected the best, or arranged them 

 in the most perspicuous method. To those 

 who take an interest in moral and political 

 questions, I hope that the novelty and im- 

 portance of the subject will compensate the 

 imperfections of its execution. 



London, June 8, 1803. 



