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<p><add>a</add> constitution to preserve] depends upon the spirit<lb/>of the people. In a country where duelling<lb/>is in fashion it is necessary for every man<lb/>who is of that class <add>any of those classes</add> among which it prevails<lb/>to be in constant readiness upon <del>the ha</del> certain<lb/>contingencies to put his life to hazard [in this <lb/>way.] This was the policy of the Spartan institutions,<lb/>a policy kept up at the expence of<lb/>almost <del>if not</del> all the comforts of which man's nature<lb/>is susceptible. Among modern nations without<lb/>any policy and even against the efforts<lb/>of <add>the</add> law a similar effect has been produced<lb/>by the prevalence of this practise, or rather<lb/>of a disposition to engage in it upon occasions<lb/>which seldom very seldom happen. A body of<lb/>gentry so prepared may be <sic> | <p><add>a</add> constitution to preserve] depends upon the spirit<lb/>of the people. In a country where duelling<lb/>is in fashion it is necessary for every man<lb/>who is of that class <add>any of those classes</add> among which it prevails<lb/>to be in constant readiness upon <del>the ha</del> certain<lb/>contingencies to put his life to hazard [in this <lb/>way.] This was the policy of the Spartan institutions,<lb/>a policy kept up at the expence of<lb/>almost <del>if not</del> all the comforts of which man's nature<lb/>is susceptible. Among modern nations without<lb/>any policy and even against the efforts<lb/>of <add>the</add> law a similar effect has been produced<lb/>by the prevalence of this practise, or rather<lb/>of a disposition to engage in it upon occasions<lb/>which seldom very seldom happen. A body of<lb/>gentry so prepared may be <sic>consider'd</sic> as a kind <lb/>of natural militia whose minds at least are<lb/>kept by the prevalence <add>by under the influence</add> of those sentiments in a<lb/>state of constant discipline.<lb/></p><p>Never was so great a public advantage purchased<lb/> at so small a price <add>an expence</add>. The <del><gap/></del> very<lb/>few wounds that are <del>sustained</del> <add>received</add> and the still fewer <lb/>lives that are lost in this way in such a country<lb/>as | ||
England may be put in comparison <add>upon a footing</add> with the<lb/>accidents that happen at <del>the</del> reviews: and upon <lb/><note>computation</note></p> | England may be put in comparison <add>upon a footing</add> with the<lb/>accidents that happen at <del>the</del> reviews: and upon <lb/><note>computation</note></p> | ||
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a constitution to preserve] depends upon the spirit
of the people. In a country where duelling
is in fashion it is necessary for every man
who is of that class any of those classes among which it prevails
to be in constant readiness upon the ha certain
contingencies to put his life to hazard [in this
way.] This was the policy of the Spartan institutions,
a policy kept up at the expence of
almost if not all the comforts of which man's nature
is susceptible. Among modern nations without
any policy and even against the efforts
of the law a similar effect has been produced
by the prevalence of this practise, or rather
of a disposition to engage in it upon occasions
which seldom very seldom happen. A body of
gentry so prepared may be consider'd as a kind
of natural militia whose minds at least are
kept by the prevalence by under the influence of those sentiments in a
state of constant discipline.
Never was so great a public advantage purchased
at so small a price an expence. The very
few wounds that are sustained received and the still fewer
lives that are lost in this way in such a country
as
England may be put in comparison upon a footing with the
accidents that happen at the reviews: and upon
computation
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