An Essay on the Natural Equality of Men, On the Rights That Result From It, and on the Duties Which It Imposes

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Excerpt from An Essay on the Natural Equality of Men, On the Rights That Result From It, and on the Duties Which It Imposes: To Which a Silver Medal Was Adjudged by the Teylerian Society at Haarlem, April 1792The writer is fumciently' aware that the principles' which he attempts to unfold, will not be agreeable either to the' Wild cpthtifia¿s for liberty, or to the fer. Vile and tyrannical abettors of arbitrary power, That moderation, which ¿ows' from the love and the per ception of truth (which commonly lies between two extremes) is feldom acceptable to the multitude, who, incapable of di¿inguiihing the ufe from the abufe of things, _ are generally as extravagant and impetuous in the maintenance of right, as in the abetment of Wrong. It is only the few, who have {haken off the fhackles of prejudice, difpelled the clouds of pailien, and barf! From the dungeon in which they confihe the foul, that' can view and reliih objeé'ts as they appear in the pure ahd Ready light in which nature exhibits them. The eyes of the tell of mankind are either too weal: to full tain its lufire, or, if they have beheld it for fame time, become (0 much dazzled as to lofe fight of the oh.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.