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end be found the very neareft way out of 

 the wood we are going into. 



Accordingly the firft propofitlons, "are, 

 that tho' the Oak above any other kinds of 

 the fylvaticks, has, to outward appearances, 

 rejedied the interpofition of any regal doraini- 

 on of man, over the peculiarity of it's cufto- 

 mary manner of growing, after it is paft the 

 largeft of the feminary fizes, (the firft pro- 

 per time to fubjed: it to the new pupilage 

 here intended) — Again, tho' even before 

 fuch time, but more efpecially thence for- 

 ward, it has feemingly delighted in lawlefs — 

 fpontaneous — and uncontroulable liberty in 

 it's habitual modes of vegetation: As if averfe 

 to any artful tuition, whereby a greater bodi- 

 ly longitude than ufual — more magnificent 

 ilrudture — and every way greater and fpeedi- 

 er perfedlionof it's nature, might be attained. 

 To be yet more comprehenfive — That tho' 

 the Oak has not only fuperficially a like felf- 

 will'd, inbred impulfe, even invincible dif- 

 affedlions, as to vulgar apprehenfion, but has 

 really on experience dearly bought, and ever 

 unfuccefsful, however oft repeated, eluded 

 all attempts of the greateft artifts, forcibly 

 to overcome fuch, it's thence tacitly, heredi- 



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