Letters From An American Farmer By Hector St. John De Crevecoeur



















































































































































 -  Would you
prefer the state of men in the woods, to that of men in a more
improved situation? Evil - Page 220
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Would You Prefer The State Of Men In The Woods, To That Of Men In A More Improved Situation?

Evil preponderates in both; in the first they often eat each other for want of food, and in the other they often starve each other for want of room.

For my part, I think the vices and miseries to be found in the latter, exceed those of the former; in which real evil is more scarce, more supportable, and less enormous. Yet we wish to see the earth peopled; to accomplish the happiness of kingdoms, which is said to consist in numbers. Gracious God! to what end is the introduction of so many beings into a mode of existence in which they must grope amidst as many errors, commit as many crimes, and meet with as many diseases, wants, and sufferings!

The following scene will I hope account for these melancholy reflections, and apologise for the gloomy thoughts with which I have filled this letter: my mind is, and always has been, oppressed since I became a witness to it. I was not long since invited to dine with a planter who lived three miles from - - , where he then resided. In order to avoid the heat of the sun, I resolved to go on foot, sheltered in a small path, leading through a pleasant wood. I was leisurely travelling along, attentively examining some peculiar plants which I had collected, when all at once I felt the air strongly agitated, though the day was perfectly calm and sultry.

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