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 TION OF 

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REMARKS 



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whole generation of young trees, which mufl in their turn decay, 

 to make room for others. All this feeming fcene of deftrudlion and 

 confufion is one of the oeconomical adions of nature, thus hoarding 

 up a precious quantity of the richeft mould, for a future generation 

 of men, who, one day or other, will live upon the rich produds of 

 this treafured foiL 



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I'erra nos nafcentes excipit, natos alit, femdque editos fujiinet fem^ 

 per : novijjime compkxa gremio, jam a reliqua. natura ahdicatosy turn 



mater op 



Benignay mitis^ indulgens ufufq 



Ihunfemper ancilla, qiide coaSia generate quce fponte fundit I quos oda^ 



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resy faporefque ! quos fuccos ! quos taEtus I quos cohres ! quam bona 

 fide credit um fcejuis reddlt ! 

 Nat; lib, 2, c, Ixiii. 



quce 



ofiri caufa alit 



Plin. Hiii 



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