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+ | Republic boldly exposes what it | ||
+ | has already acquir'd, in order to | ||
+ | acquire more, & risking nothing | ||
+ | but as the necessary means of | ||
+ | obtaining; in short a free Nation | ||
+ | is continually endeavouring rather | ||
+ | to acquire that to preserve, | ||
+ | while those under the rod of | ||
+ | Slavery with more to preserve | ||
+ | than acquire; here when ever | ||
+ | the Merchant procures a competiter | ||
+ | he is too happy to enjoy it in | ||
+ | silence & retreat, if his wealth is | ||
+ | great & he attempts to live up | ||
+ | to it he certainly exposes himself | ||
+ | to the appression of those in | ||
+ | power, & quite contary to what |
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Republic boldly exposes what it has already acquir'd, in order to acquire more, & risking nothing but as the necessary means of obtaining; in short a free Nation is continually endeavouring rather to acquire that to preserve, while those under the rod of Slavery with more to preserve than acquire; here when ever the Merchant procures a competiter he is too happy to enjoy it in silence & retreat, if his wealth is great & he attempts to live up to it he certainly exposes himself to the appression of those in power, & quite contary to what