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rny. But upon this plan it way be nece~eary for aI ..
most a ,\~hole nation to go out to ,,'ar to repel an invatier:
besid·~ that, cl p~ople so unpreparcJ Il1ust al­
\\"a)'5 Il:lV"C tIle scat, lnu witll it tIle llliseries of ,,~ar,
at 11olne, beillo- utterly illcapable of carr\~inrr tl1eir
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operatiollS into a f()}-cigll country.
From the acknowledged superiority of standing
armies, it follo\\'s, n{)t OIlly tllat it is ullsafc for a l1a·
tion to disband its regular trocps, whilst neighbour ..
ing king(io111S retaill tllcirs; l)ut also that regulal e
trOl)pS provid\:.: t·l)r tl1t~ l)ublic scrvict~ at ti]e least possible
expense. I st:l)l)()se ~, Cf.::!-tall1 qliaIltity of nlilitary
~trell(Ttl1 to be llel=~:-:~~lry. alld I :c~\: tIlar a stando
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JlS!1111f?11t \\-111Cn I)re.,cIlts t(} a~1 erlcI11Y t 1C ~all1e
f'orcc. '"j'I1C constallt (irudg",>r): {)t !u\v eI11plo)~Illcllt:-;
is not onl)T il1c0111pati )lc \,·itll all)r great degree of"
perfectioll (lr e~~lJert11e~s ill tj-le t)roj-L'~~sjnll of a solJier,
but the IJrcte4isi()n of a solt.11cr ;lInlt)st ai\~-~ays ll11fits
men fur tIle bu~ille5s 'Jf re~:lllar ()ccupari()lls. {),f
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tllree inha:)itallts of a ,-il!a;-;e, it is Det(~r lIlat ()lle
sI10uld addict 11iIl!Seif el1tirel,~ tel a1-111S, ar1(1 ti1C otl1cr
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t\\'O sta)· constantl~/ at hO[llC t() cuItir;lte tI-le groullJ,
than that all tlie tllrec ;~flOtll(1 nlix the a\/oc~~tions of
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iornler arra11gell1(11t tll~~ coulltr)7 gJi~i~ O!] ~ cClirll)I(~te
soldier, ~~nd t\\'o ilidustrit.)llS 11tlsOa!lJij1Cll; fr{)Ill tIle
latter it rccei\~cs three r.l\V l11ilitia 111'-'11, \V110 are at
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t 1 le saIl1e tll11C tllrec Idle alll! prOI!l;aLl.? r"~·a'aI:t~. it
sllould be consi(lercd~ also, rl1Jt tl!~ cn1c-rgcrlcies ()t'
\var \\~ait not for sca:'(jj~~;. \Vllcrc tt)crc is 110 ~tallding
army ready for 1i11111 ::diate sl:l"vic', it may be necessary
to call tlw rl'apct frli11l the fidJs in harvest,
or the 1)1;)11~!tltl1arl ill !1~e,j tilllC·, ;tilll till: pr()visi()Il t1f
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a whole year may pcri:-.b by the interruptioll ot one
jl10nth's lab()ur. .l'\ ~taljdijJ~T ~jrnl).r", til~:r~:~ft)re, is IIC)t
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only a morc efFectual, but a chi..'~qwr ml'thod of pro~
viding for the public sat~~ty, tlun ~Iny oth~~r, b~caus~!
it adds mure than allY other to tbe common ~l rCllgth,
and takes le~s frolll tll;lt wllicl1 C()nl~)l):'CS tIll! wealr'!t
of a natir)ll, its s!.ucl( Dr j?rOllllctirc illtlustryo