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has fo often ftreamed for us their posterity, let us beg, with 
Mr. ADDISON, 
Ci May ft thou, great liberty, inf pi re our fouls , 
“ And make our lives in thy poffejfion happy , 
“ Or our deaths glorious in thy juft defenfe . 
And furely it is better to run the rifk of dying, a little before 
the common period of life, than submit to receive laws from 
a conqueror, who will take thofe lives if he pleafes, as he a U 
ready may have taken our property. 
“ — — To live y is to enjoy 
“ TVhat marrs our hlifs does life deftroy 
Let us then poffefs our fouls in piety and reftgnation to god, 
and look on life and death indifferently. It is not in mortals 
to command fuccefs ; but when the occafion calls, let our piety 
and valor deferve it. 
Thus, upon the principle of love to god and man, as our 
caufe is juft, I hope we fhall difcharge our duty. Our counfels 
feem to be conduced with wisdom ; and, as we do not rufh 
into this war with more fpirit than wit, I hope we fhall not 
leave it with more caution than fteadinefs. As the cafe now 
feems to ftand, there is no danger of having our views fruftrated 
by other powers; we are going on a new plan ; may* heaven 
profper it ! We were in a fair way of being totally ruined by 
flemish wars, and now we muft roufe all our vigilance and bra- 
very to ward off the danger of invasion. I hope we fhall pre- 
pare a larger portion of our ftrength than we have generally em- 
ployed in the beginning of former wars. 
Happily 
