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MAIv X'ERS 



i US the child would be flifled the moment it was brought forth. 



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ftom have eilabUflied this inhuman pradlice; 



P^einilation and cu 



and nations which are not yet acquainted with thofe refined and 



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fublime principles of virtue, which are eftabliflied by the intro- 

 dudion of chriftianity into Europe, have fl'equently facrificed the 

 dbfervation of a moral or focial virtue to the greater fee uri ty of the 

 ftate, and even to a device for preventing imaginary evils ; nay, 



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thod of promoting either a martial fp 



or 



for teaching the flratagems 



of 



war. 



Thus for inftance, the 





d then fent their youth 



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the bufinefs of 



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killing their Helotes ; or 



ordered them to fteal. However, we 



found thefe inhuman pradices to be the effects of opulence.. 



LUXURY 



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and sEiN^suALiTY in a nation, which upon the v/hole, 

 is not dcftitute of humanity, but rather, inclined to pradice 

 k'indnefs and goodnature, in a m.anner which would do honour 



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to a more enlightened and civilized race of men. 



The o-reat profufion, and variety of choice fruit, delicious M\ 

 and fine pork and dogs fiefn, has likewife occafioned in the idle 



belonging to the race of arees, a propenfity to indulge 

 themfelves in the pleafures of the table beyond what is ufual. 



men 



To 



excite their gluttony and 



oufnefs, they have 



ted the 



art of drefhng thefe fimple gifts of providence in a variety of diflies, 



nay, fome fauces have been found out for Simulating appetite. 



and 



