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fentiments of the inimitable Cicero on this 
fubjeft? 
Quid pot eft ejje tarn apertum> tanque perfpi- 
cuunty cum ccelum fufpeximus, casleftiaque con- 
templati fumus, quam effe aliquod Numen prezf- 
tantiffimez mentis quo h<zc regantur? 
Mr. Addifon in his celebrated trajedy, 
makes his hero, in confequence of a fimilar 
reflection, exclaim 
If there's a pow'r above us, 
(And that there is, all nature cries aloud 
Through all her works) he muft delight in virtue: 
And that which he delights in, muft be happy. 
This is doubtlefs a rational conclufion. 
But the reafoning faculties, which diftin- 
guifti men from brutes, were not beftowed 
for the fole purpofe of contemplating the 
creation, but to guide us through the in- 
tricate paths of life. Man, I had almoft 
faid unhappily, unendowed with inftinfl, that 
unerring reafon of Nature, received from 
Heaven the power of ratiocination, of re- 
collecting and comparing his ideas ; of form- 
ing conclufions, and confequently of diftin- 
guifliing good from evil. Hence, the con- 
ftitution of Virtue and of Vice. Without 
this power of difcrimination, Virtue could 
have 
