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A Diſcourſe
Book II.
Chap. XIX.
That publick Evils are not so great as they seem, proved first by Reason. That we fear the circumstance and dress of things rather than themselves.
March on then my Legion; and before the rest, let that cohort first advance, with which we shall maintain that these publick evils are not grievous, this shall be performed with the double weapon of reason and comparison of reason. First, for if we respect that, all those evils which are either present or imminent, are not really either great or grievous, but are so only in appearance. It is Opinion that heightens and aggravates our calamities, and presents them to us in so tragical a garbe. But (if you are wise) disperse this circumjected
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