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mined purely by the phyſical capacity of the agent? Becauſe nature, kindly provident, has be ſtowed upon us a ſuperabundance of animal vigour, does it follow that we ought to abuſe, by habitual exertions, an exceſs of force, evidently granted to guard our exiſtence on occaſions of dirediſtreſs? In caſes of extreme famine we deſtroy and devour each other; but from thence will any one pretend to prove, that man was made to feed upon his fellow men?

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