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this receiv'd opinion, & endeavour to fling some light on one of the most important questions in morals or politics, to do this we must trace things from their sources, & begin with asking what courage realy is.

If we turn our eyes to animals we shall find their courage proceeds only from their wants, the hungry Lion attacks a Man & flys from him when his appetite is satisfy'd; if domestic creatures like sheep & Oxen are timid, 'tis because they are not oblig'd to fight for their nourishment, except in that one case self preservation is the principle object of all creatures, & that teaches them not to seek, but to fly from danger;

Let us apply this to Men, we find death ever preceded by pain, & life