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Chapter 7

           Hesaid"itwasveryreasonabletothink,notonlythatthespeciesofmenwereoriginallymuchlarger,butalsothattheremusthavebeengiantsinformerages;which,asitisassertedbyhistoryandtradition,soithasbeenconfirmedbyhugebonesandskulls,casuallydugupinseveralpartsofthekingdom,farexceedingthecommondwindledraceofmeninourdays."Heargued,"thattheverylawsofnatureabsolutelyrequiredweshouldhavebeenmade,inthebeginningofasizemorelargeandrobust;notsoliabletodestructionfromeverylittleaccident,ofatilefallingfromahouse,orastonecastfromthehandofaboy,orbeingdrownedinalittlebrook."Fromthiswayofreasoning,theauthordrewseveralmoralapplications,usefulintheconductoflife,butneedlessheretorepeat.Formyownpart,Icouldnotavoidreflectinghowuniversallythistalentwasspread,ofdrawinglecturesinmorality,orindeedrathermatterofdiscontentandrepining,fromthequarrelsweraisewithnature.AndIbelieve,uponastrictinquiry,thosequarrelsmightbeshownasill-groundedamongusastheyareamongthatpeople.

           Astotheirmilitaryaffairs,theyboastthattheking’sarmyconsistsofahundredandseventy-sixthousandfoot,andthirty-twothousandhorse:ifthatmaybecalledanarmy,whichismadeupoftradesmenintheseveralcities,andfarmersinthecountry,whosecommandersareonlythenobilityandgentry,withoutpayorreward.Theyareindeedperfectenoughintheirexercises,andunderverygooddiscipline,whereinIsawnogreatmerit;forhowshoulditbeotherwise,whereeveryfarmerisunderthecommandofhisownlandlord,andeverycitizenunderthatoftheprincipalmeninhisowncity,chosenafterthemannerofVenice,byballot?

           IhaveoftenseenthemilitiaofLorbrulgruddrawnouttoexercise,inagreatfieldnearthecityoftwentymilessquare.

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