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or_o a_o poise_v of_o one_o another_o by_o the_o several_a part_n of_o a_o empire_n of_o which_o we_o may_v with_o facility_n obtain_v this_o far_a conception_n that_o as_o the_o pretend_a force_n of_o the_o balance_n in_o any_o one_o country_n secure_v the_o power_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o such_o person_n on_o who_o side_n the_o balance_n be_v so_o in_o the_o union_n of_o several_a country_n under_o one_o empire_n the_o power_n remain_v with_o those_o to_o who_o the_o balance_n result_v from_o the_o whole_a belong_v and_o as_o in_o one_o single_a country_n man_n be_v necessitate_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o balance_n because_o they_o despair_v of_o power_n to_o oppose_v it_o so_o in_o the_o union_n of_o several_a country_n some_o one_o of_o they_o may_v be_v oblige_v to_o live_v under_o a_o government_n different_a from_o their_o own_o balance_n as_o know_v themselves_o to_o be_v outweigh_v by_o the_o balance_n of_o the_o rest_n chap._n v._n whether_o there_o be_v any_o common_a right_n or_o interest_n of_o mankind_n distinct_a from_o the_o part_n take_v several_o and_o how_o by_o the_o order_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n it_o may_v best_o be_v distinguish_v from_o private_a interest_n if_o i_o have_v not_o be_v teach_v by_o mr_n harrington_n himself_o that_o many_o passage_n of_o his_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v by_o way_n of_o similitude_n only_o not_o of_o 9_o h._n p._n 9_o argument_n or_o probation_n i_o shall_v have_v be_v very_o much_o at_o a_o loss_n how_o to_o answer_v this_o chapter_n but_o now_o by_o the_o help_n of_o that_o instruction_n i_o perceive_v this_o be_v intend_v for_o a_o chapter_n of_o similitude_n and_o it_o will_v be_v too_o unkind_a a_o part_n to_o oppose_v a_o gentleman_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o such_o simile_n as_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o make_v use_n of_o for_o the_o adorn_v his_o stile_n i_o be_o sensible_a of_o my_o have_v already_o err_v in_o this_o point_n and_o just_o incur_v mr_n harrington_n anger_n by_o think_v his_o similitude_n 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about_o upon_o this_o occasion_n to_o discover_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o affection_n which_o brute_n creature_n bear_v to_o their_o foetus_fw-la and_o how_o a_o part_n separate_v from_o a_o animal_n to_o which_o it_o have_v be_v long_o unite_v may_v by_o the_o perpetual_a stream_n of_o effluvium_n emit_v from_o it_o continue_v to_o have_v a_o operation_n upon_o that_o animal_n will_v be_v a_o disquisition_n too_o remote_a from_o our_o present_a subject_n i_o will_v rather_o make_v mr_n harrington_n a_o gift_n of_o the_o whole_a inference_n and_o allow_v that_o man_n have_v the_o same_o affection_n with_o the_o creature_n and_o do_v deny_v themselves_o their_o own_o profit_n for_o the_o advantage_n of_o their_o family_n but_o what_o will_v he_o gain_v by_o this_o concession_n this_o will_n at_o most_o serve_v to_o prove_v something_o of_o a_o common_a interest_n of_o every_o family_n within_o itself_o but_o fall_v infinite_o short_a of_o make_v out_o a_o common_a interest_n of_o all_o 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of_o man_n therefore_o it_o be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n to_o acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v a_o common_a interest_n of_o mankind_n how_o do_v all_o civil_a law_n proceed_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n this_o new_a maxim_n will_v make_v strange_a havoc_n among_o the_o poor_a schoolman_n and_o author_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la and_o quite_o ruin_n all_o their_o division_n and_o definition_n of_o jus_fw-la naturale_fw-la jus_fw-la gentium_fw-la and_o jus_n civil_a but_o of_o all_o man_n honest_a vspian_a will_v be_v in_o the_o worst_a condition_n who_o have_v have_v the_o ill_a fortune_n to_o give_v we_o this_o account_n of_o civil_a law_n jus_n civil_a est_fw-la quod_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la à _fw-la naturali_fw-la 6._o digest_v de_fw-fr just_a &_o jur._n leg_n 6._o vel_fw-la gentium_fw-la recedit_fw-la nec_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la ei_fw-la seruit_fw-la itaque_fw-la cum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la addimus_fw-la vel_fw-la detrahimus_fw-la juri_fw-la communi_fw-la 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