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That great Undertakings can only be executed by a great Number of Hands, is too evident to require any Proof; and I am afraid all the read this Scheme will think that it is chiefly defective in this Reſpect, and that when they reflect how many Commiſſaries were thought neceſſary at Seville, and that even their Negotiations entirely miſcarried, probably for Want of more Aſſociates, they will conclude, that I have propoſed Impossibilities, and that the Ends of the Institution will be defeated by an injudicious and ill-timed Frugality.
But if it be conſidered, how well the Perſons I recommend muſt have been qualified by their Education and Profeſſion for the Provinces aſſigned them, the Objection will grow, leſs weighty than it appears. It is well known to be the conſtant Study of the Lawyers to diſcover in Acts of Parliament Meanings which eſcaped the Committees that drew them up, and the Senates that paſſed them into Laws, and to explain Wills into a
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