Excerpt from A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations: Introductory on a Course of Lectures on That Science, to Be Commenced in Lincoln's Inn Hall, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1799, in a Pursuance of an Order of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn I have not been deterred by fem. Petty incongruity of metaphor from quoting this ndble fentence. Mr. Hume had, perba 9, this fentence in his recolleflion, when he wrote a remar hle pafl'age of his works. See Hume's Ell'ays, voidi p. 3 5a. Ed. Lond. 1788.(5) 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.