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Chapter 12

           But,insteadofproposalsforconqueringthatmagnanimousnation,Iratherwishtheywereinacapacity,ordisposition,tosendasufficientnumberoftheirinhabitantsforcivilizingEurope,byteachingusthefirstprinciplesofhonour,justice,truth,temperance,publicspirit,fortitude,chastity,friendship,benevolence,andfidelity.Thenamesofallwhichvirtuesarestillretainedamongusinmostlanguages,andaretobemetwithinmodern,aswellasancientauthors;whichIamabletoassertfrommyownsmallreading.

           ButIhadanotherreason,whichmademelessforwardtoenlargehismajesty’sdominionsbymydiscoveries.Tosaythetruth,Ihadconceivedafewscrupleswithrelationtothedistributivejusticeofprincesuponthoseoccasions.Forinstance,acrewofpiratesaredrivenbyastormtheyknownotwhither;atlengthaboydiscoverslandfromthetopmast;theygoonshoretorobandplunder,theyseeaharmlesspeople,areentertainedwithkindness;theygivethecountryanewname;theytakeformalpossessionofitfortheirking;theysetuparottenplank,orastone,foramemorial;theymurdertwoorthreedozenofthenatives,bringawayacouplemore,byforce,forasample;returnhome,andgettheirpardon.Herecommencesanewdominionacquiredwithatitlebydivineright.

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