Excerpt from Observations Concerning the Distinction of Ranks in Society, Under the Following Heads: Of the Rank and Condition of Women in Different Ages; Of the Jurisdiction and Authority of a Father Over Children; Of the Authority of a Chief Over the Members of a Tribe or Village; Of the Power of Sovereign Over an Extensive Society
People in different ages and countries, they are prefented with particular views of expediency they form pecu liarmaxims, and are induced to cul tivate and acquire a variety of talents and habits. Man is every where the fame; and we mull necefi'arily con elude, that the untutored Indian and the civilized European have aé'tecl upon the fame principles.
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