Italy is a friend: A Europaean in China; and perhaps a man wou'd be belov'd as such, were we to meet him in the moon. But this proceeds only from the relation to ourselves; which in these cases gathers force by being confined to a few persons.IF public benevolence, therefore, or a regard to the interests of mankind, cannot be the original motive to justice, much less can private benevolence, or a regard to the in∣terests of the party concern'd, be this mo∣tive. For what if he be my enemy, and has given me just cause to hate him? What if he be a vicious man, and deserves the ha∣tred of all mankind? What if he be a mi∣ser, and can make no use of what I wou'd deprive him of? What if he be a profli∣gate debauchee, and wou'd rather receive harm than benefit from large possessions? What if I be in necessity, and have urgent motives to acquire something to my family? In all these cases, the original motive to justice wou'd fail; and consequently the justice itself, and along with it all property, right, and obligation.A RICH man lies under a moral obliga∣tion to communicate to those in necessity a share of his superfluities. Were private be∣nevolence the original motive to justice, a 0