as a Dog who bites the Stone that has been thrown at him; their Diſputes could ſeldom be attended with bloodſhed, were they never occaſioned by a more conſiderable Stake than that of Subſiſtence: but there is a more dangerous Subject of Contention, which I muſt not leave unnoticed.
Among the Paſſions which ruffle the Heart of Man, there is one of a hot and impetuous Nature, which renders the Sexes neceſſary to each other; a terrible Paſſion which deſpiſes all Dangers, bears down all Obſtacles, and which in its Tranſports ſeems proper to deſtroy the human Species which it is deſtined to preſerve. What muſt become of Men abandoned to this lawleſs and brutal Rage, without Modeſty, without Shame, and every Day diſputing the Objects of their Paſſion at the Expence of their Blood?
