Essays on the origin of society, etc / Interspersed with illustrations from the Greek and Galic languages.

  • James Grant of Corrimony
Date:
1785
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Credit: Essays on the origin of society, etc / Interspersed with illustrations from the Greek and Galic languages. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ders how they fhould.at the fame time feem to hate quiet and repofe: “Mira diverfitas nature, “ ut iidem homines fic ament inertiam, & oderint “ quietem*.” This admirable hiftorian’s charac« ter of the Germans is applicable to every people living in a rude ftate of fociety, and inhabiting thofe tratts of the earth where fuftenance if to be procured by dexterity, addrefs, and. enterprize.. THE occupation of hunting the wild beafts. of the field, is an emblem of war among the.’ human race: it is often attended with danger, and frequently calls forth great exertions of mind and body. The fame inftruments sare ufed in hunting, which are employed in conteft with the human fpecies. The moft valuable qualities are thofe which ferve to procure main- tenance for the tribe. The perfon moft emix nently poflefled of thofe qualities draws mioft pow~. ERD - * Taciti Germ. cap. xv. erfully.
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