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thorough_o skilled_a in_o the_o temperament_n and_o manner_n of_o country_n by_o the_o air_n and_o the_o earth_n as_o likewise_o happy_a or_o unhappy_a accident_n that_o usual_o befall_v such_o and_o such_o a_o place_n etc._n etc._n as_o inundation_n fire_n leprosy_n famine_n etc._n etc._n 3._o legislator_n ought_v to_o reform_v and_o purify_v not_o exth_n pate_n religion_n 4._o the_o noble_a profession_n in_o mountainous_a country_n be_v 1._o shepherd_n as_o in_o switzerland_n and_o scythia_n in_o plain_a country_n 2._o husbandman_n as_o in_o egypt_n in_o maritime_a country_n 3._o seaman_n and_o merchant_n who_o for_o the_o profit_n they_o bring_v in_o the_o money_n that_o they_o return_v and_o exchange_n and_o art_n and_o trade_n they_o bring_v from_o foreign_a country_n have_v ever_o be_v hold_v in_o high_a place_n and_o esteem_v but_o where_o other_o especial_o superfluous_a art_n be_v prefer_v before_o these_o imminent_a both_o loss_n and_o ruin_n must_v needs_o follow_v after_o 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