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Excerpt from Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Antient Republicks: Adapted to the Present State of Great Britain The opinion of Plutarch is; That 80 lon intended no Cl men, as foon as ever he had p ovided for the fecu1ity of his own pri vate afiairs, fhould be (0 unfeeling with te fpeét to the publick welfare, as i to affeét a brutal infenfibiiity, and not fympathize With the dillrefs and calamities of his Country but that he {hould immediately join the honefier and jufier party; and rather rifque his all in defence ofthe fide he had efpoufed, than keep aloof from danger till he faw which party proved the fironger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.