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consist_v 2._o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o every_o man_n be_v be_v leave_v to_o himself_o to_o follow_v what_o seem_v good_a or_o evil_a to_o he_o and_o to_o dispose_v of_o life_n according_o as_o to_o the_o first_o happiness_n true_o consâ—…s_v in_o the_o observe_v the_o end_n of_o life_n which_o have_v be_v so_o often_o mention_v as_o this_o be_v 17._o be_v see_v chap._n 2._o p._n 17._o do_v more_o or_o less_o man_n be_v proportionable_o happy_a as_o it_o be_v omit_v proportionable_o miserable_a but_o in_o the_o common_a acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n happiness_n signify_v the_o enjoyment_n of_o a_o man_n desire_n whatever_o they_o be_v and_o for_o any_o one_o to_o say_v that_o he_o can_v be_v happy_a without_o such_o or_o such_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o in_o his_o power_n and_o that_o the_o good_a or_o evil_a of_o his_o whole_a life_n depend_v upon_o it_o signify_v nothing_o but_o the_o vehemence_n of_o that_o man_n desire_n not_o that_o there_o be_v any_o real_a happiness_n in_o obtain_v it_o or_o misery_n in_o sail_v of_o it_o it_o prove_v most_o common_o quite_o contrary_a that_o the_o more_o a_o man_n enjoy_v what_o he_o vehement_o desire_v the_o more_o miserable_a he_o be_v afterward_o and_o then_o 24._o then_o ridiculum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la cuâ—…re_fw-la tadio_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la cum_fw-la â—…nere_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la â—…t_fw-la â—…lum_fw-la ciâ—…_n ad_fw-la morâ—…_n effeceris_fw-la sen._n â—…pilt_v 24._o forsooth_o life_n seem_v a_o evil_a to_o he_o and_o amid_o the_o discontent_n and_o vexation_n which_o come_v upon_o he_o at_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o folly_n and_o the_o just_a reproof_n of_o his_o reason_n he_o tell_v you_o very_o philosophical_o that_o he_o do_v but_o follow_v nature_n in_o deliver_v himself_o from_o what_o be_v evil_a when_o he_o have_v be_v act_v against_o nature_n against_o good_a sense_n for_o that_o be_v humane_a nature_n all_o the_o while_n and_o when_o he_o have_v do_v so_o instead_o of_o 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country_n and_o himself_o the_o first_o only_a hazard_n life_n the_o latter_a choose_v death_n if_o the_o first_o happen_v to_o die_v it_o be_v against_o his_o will_n if_o the_o latter_a life_n it_o be_v against_o he_o and_o as_o to_o the_o public_a the_o one_o â—…es_n for_o it_o the_o other_o die_v against_o it_o not_o only_o by_o desert_v it_o but_o by_o break_v its_o law_n and_o encourage_v other_o to_o do_v so_o and_o also_o by_o enervate_v the_o srriâ—…st_a tie_n of_o kindness_n trust_v and_o justice_n which_o may_v end_v at_o last_o in_o the_o total_a dissolution_n of_o any_o government_n the_o comparison_n may_v be_v carry_v further_o but_o this_o may_v be_v sufficient_a to_o show_v the_o unreasonableness_n of_o this_o conclusion_n that_o because_o a_o man_n may_v give_v a_o magistrate_n his_o plank_n in_o a_o shipwreck_n therefore_o he_o may_v murder_n himself_o the_o next_o objection_n be_v to_o this_o purpose_n that_o if_o self-murder_n be_v unjust_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o 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