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it is pleasant to observe by what regular gradations we surunt the force of local prejudice, as we enlarge our acquaintah the world.a n born in any town in england divided into parishes, will naturally associate st with his fellow-parishioners (because their is in ny cases will be on) and distinguish hiby the na of neighbour; if he et hibut a few les froho, he drops the narrow idea of a street, and salutes hiby the na of townsman; if he travel out of the ty, a hiin any other, he fets the nor divisions of street and town, and calls hitryman, i.e.tryman; but if in their fn excursions they should associate in france or any other part of europe, their local rerance would be enlarged into that of englishmen.and by a just parity of reasoning, all europeaing in arica, or any other quarter of the globe, are trymen; fland, holland, gerny, or sweden, when pared with the whole, stand in the sa places on the larger scale, which the divisions of