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NHG-P.770.025
13 Jul 1770:11,12 (717)
. . . [81 lines, 40 lines on creating a new life in the
wilderness]
I will conclude these loose reflections with a short address
to my townsmen, and the inhabitants of the adjacent towns,
especially to such of them as at this time feel the wants of
the necessaries of life: why do you suffer these
miseries?--are you startled at the name of the howling
wilderness, and dread its inhabitants? You may be assured,
these are only phantoms that will soon vanish, and howls of
savage beasts will be harmony and music to the horrible dins
and cries which you daily hear from your poor little ones:
the wilderness may seem dreary and dull at first, but a
short time will change the scene, & produce a different
aspect; the present beauties of nature were by the
omnipotent being called forth from a confused chaos; make
this supreme being your friend, and protector, and then go
forth like men, and make the fertile earth subservient to
the support of yourselves and your families.
. . . [8 lines, signed] Civis.
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