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Humanity, or the rights of nature, a poem

in two books. By the author of sympathy [i.e. S. J. Pratt]
(1749-1814)

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HUMANITY.
 I. 
BOOK I.
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BOOK II.

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What will not Freedom's Heav'n-descended fire,
In cultur'd, or in savage Souls inspire?
The rights of Nature and of God to save,
Men scoop the rock and build upon the wave,
Explore the barren sand, the marshes drear,
And a free Cottage in the desert rear,
Delight in hollow of some cave to dwell,
Or dig thro' Earth the independent cell.
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