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In perusing the Annals of Antient History, we find the Inhabitants of some Countrys so attach'd to Virtue, so fond of glory, that the greatest adversity has not been able to alter the one, or check the latter; while others seem through a long succession of ages to have been form'd to bear the heavy Yoke of Slavery without a spark of honour appearing in any of their actions; whence can this surprizing difference come in creatures made of the same materials, indeed with the same facultys; let us examine this curious subject, try if we can assign a cause for that noble thirst of glory & this once discover'd it will not be difficult to account for the opposite qualitys.

The long list of great & Virtuous Men produc'd by the Historys of Greece & Rome, seem to be owing to one single cause, the ability with which the Legislatures of those Nations united the Public & Private interest; the great action of Regulus will