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Men are the machines of providence

734. — A stron^ mind commands the hody and does not make an idol of it.

735. — The legislator ought to be the écho of reason ; and the magistrate the écho of the law.

736. — A ma^traie îs the law speaking, and the law is a domb magistrate.

737. — The wise are magnificent withoat being haughty , the fool is haughty without being magnificent.

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