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however, it must be acknowledged, are to befound in this method; but the talk of refor-mation was difficult; the reformers had to chuseamong a number of inconveniences, and theypreferred the least considerable; we ought, there-fore, to applaud them for their skill, rather thancensure them for defects, which no humanabilities could have wholly avoided.

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