March 16, 1773
our Society in its present infantile
State; & try to hint at some things
that may be practiced to its real ad-
-vantage; & perhaps this will not
be found, on examination, to be so
foreign from our Subject as it may
seem to be on a slighter View; for
it cannot be supposed that any soci-
-ety will continue long in health &
vigor, or in other words, cannot long
flourish & increase, if the minds of
its Members are diseased or if di
-scord, & anger, & confusion dwell
among them--------As this Society,
which has been very lately founded,
by the voluntary agreement of
several Persons, (as will to fall
on measures for the regulation
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