Excerpt from Free Thoughts on the Late Treaty of Alliance Concluded at Worms: By a Member of Parliament, in a Letter to His Friend in the Country It is pretty near equal to the Gommu nity whether the national Intercfi be {acri ficed thro' fivorice or Folly; but as there is, or ought to be, fuch athing as Na tional Honour, which it is the Interef't and Duty of each Individual to maintain, I con fes fliould rather our Statefmen were deem'd Pools than Knows. A Deprivation of Senfe, being a natural Imperfeetion, is a Misfortune, but no Crime; unlefs it be attended with an over-bearing Vanity of atiirming an unfuitable Character, and pail ing for, and appearing what Nature never defign'd: But 'tis quite otherwife with De/bono/fy which is an Act of the Will, a Vice acquir'd, and the mod detefiable of any, becaufe none is, or can be {0 injurious to Society. 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.