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Great Britain, and submitted to by her American 

 dependencies. To descant on the several parts, pro- 

 perties, and effects of the system of restriction and 

 monopoly, — to show that it secured every degree 

 of authority in the parent over the child, which is 

 compatible with the happiness and freedom of man- 

 kind; and, finally, that it might have answered in 

 the highest degree, if Great Britain had happily 

 confined her pretensions to the limits originally 

 prescribed by herself, for these purposes — it would 

 be necessary to enter into a large and comprehen- 

 sive discussion, to which the design of my work 

 does not extend. 



