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<p>The fair and open reply is, that justice and humanity<lb/> | <p>The fair and open reply is, that justice and humanity<lb/> | ||
have no place in Cabinets. It is for weak states to suffer<lb/> | have no place in Cabinets. It is for weak states to suffer<lb/> | ||
injuries, it is for strong ones to inflict them.<hi rend="underline">Do as you<lb/> | injuries, it is for strong ones to inflict them. <hi rend="underline">Do as you<lb/> | ||
would be done by | would be done by</hi>, a rule of gold for individuals, is a<lb/> | ||
rule of glass for Nations. The duty of a King to his subjects<lb/> | rule of glass for Nations. The duty of a King to his subjects<lb/> | ||
and to the world, is to compass war, by any means, and at<lb/> | and to the world, is to compass war, by any means, and at<lb/> | ||
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The fair and open reply is, that justice and humanity
have no place in Cabinets. It is for weak states to suffer
injuries, it is for strong ones to inflict them. Do as you
would be done by, a rule of gold for individuals, is a
rule of glass for Nations. The duty of a King to his subjects
and to the world, is to compass war, by any means, and at
any price; and the less the profit or pretence, the greater
is the glory. To do mischief is honour; to do it slily, darkly, and securely, is policy. The member of troops a nation is able to bring into the field, gives the measure of its power: the member of unprovoked and unrequited injuries it has been able to inflict, gives the measure of its virtue. The true contest among Kings is, who with leash smartto himself shall give the hardest blow? — The King of England — is he not the King of Humphreys & Mendoza? The prowess of Humphreys and Mendoza is it not the object of envy & imitation to the Minister of the King of Great Britain?
Anti—Machiad
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(The sense having been sadly injured the British is devised to to subjoined , at the end of Letter 3. herewith sent. The Author mentions this not in the way of erasure, it being very likely more his fault than anything).
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arthur moore; richard doane |
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