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barbarous tribes of North-America, who ſubſiſt almoſt entirely by hunting, can ſcarce find, in a vaſt extent of country, a ſcanty ſubſiſtance for a handful of inhabitants.
The practice of agriculture ſoftens the human heart, and promotes the love of peace, of juſtice, and of nature.
The exerciſes of hunting, on the contrary, irritate the baneful paſſions of the ſoul; her vagabond votaries delight in blood, in rapine,
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