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that the thirst of glory & love of Birtue are inseperable from such a State, no these perfections of human Nature have been always confin'd to poor & Warlike Nations, the Soil proper to produce great Men in Commercial Republics is Soon wore out, the very Spirit of Commerce as we elsewhere observ'd necessarily enfeebles the mind & banishes noble ideas, Carthage fell with Hanibal, & Holland once full of bold & daring men is now inhabited by artizans & Merchants, indigence is the real source of Virtue & nothing is more true tho it may appear extraordinary than that Virtue & great talents are no where rewarded in so flattering a manner than by poor & warlike Republics, nor shall we find this seeming paradox difficult to prove.