F. No power; we should give them both a due allowance for their trouble, and should expect a faithful account of all they had done for us.
G. Honest men may change their nature. What if both, or either of them, were to deceive you?
F. We should remove them, put our trust in better men, and try to repair our loss.
G. Did it never occur to you, that every state or nation was only a great club?
F. Nothing ever occurred to me on the subject; for I never thought about it.
G. Though you never thought before on the subject, yet you may be able to tell me, why you suppose men to have assembled, and to have formed nations, communities, or dates, which all mean the same thing?
F. In order, I should imagine, to be as happy as they can, while they live.
G. By happy, do you mean merry only?
F. To be as merry as they can, without hunting themselves or their neighbours; but chiefly to secure themselves from danger, and to relieve their wants.
