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to nation, and man to man, by the sense of mutual rights. and duties, and by the communication of reciprocal benefits; the internal harmony and strength of her empire, might have kept a nearer proportion to the extent of her sway; and we might have had to look into her annals, for progressive improvements in the art of healing, as well as for terrible displays of the art of destroymg. But, always pursuing domination by power as her primary object, and making the art of war almost the only path to civil honour,* she neglected the moral cement
- Montesquieu remarks, “ Les Citoyens Romains regardoicnt
“la commerce et les arts comme des occupations d’esclaves; ils ne les exercoient point. Sil y eut quelques exceptions, ce ne “ fut que de la part de quelques affranchis qui continuoicnt “ leur premiere industrie. Mais, en general, ils ne connoissoient �
