EGYPT, AND SYRIA. 443 
Then it will be faid, human happinefs is reduced to apathy; 
and the lively tafte and ardent paflions, which have eftablifhed 
the fuperiority of Europeans, only ferve to diminifh their fum of 
felicity ! This would be pufhing the argument too far ; but 
each will draw his own conclufions. 
The chief points of contraft between the Europeans and 
Orientals being thus marked, it will be feen how far it may be 
doubted on which fide lies the greater degree of happinefs. 
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