private poor man hath cities, ships, canals, bridges,
built for him. He goes to the post-office, and the
human race run on his errands; to the book-shop,
and the human race read and write of all that hap-
pens, for him; to the court-house, and nations re-
pair his wrongs. He sets his house upon the road,
and the human race go forth every morning, and
shovel out the snow, and cut a path for him.

But there is no need of specifying particulars in
this class of uses. The catalogue is endless, and
the examples so obvious, that I shall leave them to
the reader's reflection, with the general remark,
that this mercenary benefit is one which has re-
spect to a farther good. A man is fed, not that he
may be fed, but that he may work.

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