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kre brought into a forlorn flate, wherein their progeny lingers for 

 fome time : in both cafes,- Providence has wifely made a provifion 



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for preventing the perpetuity of mifery and wretchednefs in a 

 nation, by infufmg originally, in the human foul, fuch facul- 



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ties and powers, that when unfclded, or. fet in motion by unfore- 



ORIGIN 



OF SOCI- 

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idcnts, , fhall ,at lafl invigorate' the minds of men, and fup^ 

 p)y them with the necelTary means, and flrength for em.erging from 



their dcbafed condition, and . enable them to .refume gradually ;a . 

 higher rank , in the fcale of rational beings.- The poor- inhabi- 



Tierra del Fuego, .ad; only by inftind, .by .neceflity and 



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want, and in confequence of the accidental .occurrences,- which . 



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hance, or the natural changes of the elements and feafons th 



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fom? otner unforef 



quent intercourfe with Europ 

 ent, for inftance, the fortuit 



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vention of iron,,, or fome other ufeful metal i a difco very of the 



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ty of fome vegetable or tree in the 



a n(tw devife 



for catching fiih, birds, and .quadrupeds, ,. in a more eafy and exp 

 ditious manner than they have hitherto been acci 



doubtlefs, fooner 



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bring on a revolution in tl: 



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condi^ 



tion j" new manners, new 



cuftoms, a change of diet, of 



drefs. 



.weapons, and uteniils, muft 



gradually produce a total change of 

 their way of thinking and ad:ing, introduce an alteration in their 



temper, facilitate the better regulation and fecurity of their focie^ 



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