CHAP. III. Of the utility of this constitution of na|ture.
IT is thus that man, who can subsist on|ly in society, was fitted by nature to that situation for which he was made. All the members of human society stand in need of each others assistance, and are like|wise exposed to mutual injuries. Where the necessary assistance is reciprocally af|forded from love, from gratitude, from friendship and esteem, the society flourishes and is happy. All the different members of it are bound together by the agreeable bands of love and affection, and are, as it were, drawn to one common centre of mu|tual good offices.
But tho' the necessary assistance should not be afforded from such generous and dis|interested