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it appears<lb></lb>
to me; but some this Evil must,<lb></lb>
continue, let us think of some Mode<lb></lb>
of removing a great Evil, the greatest<lb></lb>
I can conceive that was held out<lb></lb>
to a Commercial & make, Lotteries.<lb></lb>
apply to Parliaments, to the King,<lb></lb>
Minister or somewhere, to remove<lb></lb>
them for ever. They were hatched<lb></lb>
by Avarise, Usevey immense, to gain<lb></lb>
a Trifle at the Expense of Thousands<lb></lb>
of Men. Are the natural Evils of our<lb></lb>
Existence too few? (few indeed they<lb></lb>
are, compared to the Miracles of<lb></lb>
Blessings given to All) as to hold<lb></lb>
out such a Temptation, such a Lure<lb></lb>
to take them from the Loom & their<lb></lb>
smiling Progeny. Cou'd human<lb></lb>
Invention curse them more? What<lb></lb>
do we do? We tamely see and suffer<lb></lb>
wise Laws, to be openly broke thro',<lb></lb>
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