Excerpt from The Rights of Man, as Exhibited in a Lecture, Read at the Philosophical Society, in Newcastle: To Which Is Now First Added, an Interesting Conversation, Between a Gentleman and the Author, on the Subject of His Scheme Now as fociety ought properly to be nod thing but amutual agreement among the: inhabitants of a country, to maintain the' natural rights and privileges of one another againl't all oppofers, whether foreign or domellic, it fhould lead one to expect to' find thofe rights and privim leges, no fartheninfringed upon, among: men pretending to be in'that flare, than necelfity abfolutely required. I fay again, it fhould' lead one to think fo.. But I am afraid, Whoever does will be mightily miflaken. _however, as the truth here is of much importance. To be known, let it be boldly'foug'ht out; in order to which, it may not be im proper to trace the prefent method of holding. Land among men in fociety, from its original. 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.