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Trifle, fo might'^’probably be the attradion of ’Iron by 
the Loadftone, when that was the firfl: obfervable 
votmnon in it j which tho’ fmall in it felf, yet gave to 
the Carious an occafion of finding out the other Pro. 
perties of that Mineral, which have been fiirice improv’d 
to an Univerfal Benefit in the difeovery of new Arts arid 
new Worlds. And I am not without hopes but that fome 
more elevated and happy Genius may ariTc, under whofe 
Conduft thefe Hints may be carry ’d on to ‘an height not 
eafie to be forefeen by Rerfons of fhort Views, whofd 
Conceptions are confin’d within the narrow limits of 
what’s already known, and whofe Self-fufficiency. fooths 
*em with a plus ultra. 
Thus, i’/r, I pleafe my felf with the remote profped of. 
new Scenes iu Nature, which, tho’ imperfed at prefent, 
may in time by fome skilful Hand be finifh’d and fitted 
for a nearer view, tho’ before that time fnall come, no-, 
thing may remain of me befides this Teftimony of my 
good Will to Mankind, and particular refped for you. 
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