. Fables of Aesop and others. uted by the Senateto appease a dangerous tumult and insurrection of the people.The many wars that nation was engaged in, and the frequentsupplies they were obliged to raise, had so soured and inflamedthe minds of the populace, that they were resolved to endureit no longer, and obstinately refused to pay the taxes whichwere levied upon them. It is easy to discern how the great manapplied this fable. For if the branches and members of a com-munity refuse the government that aid which its necessariesrequire, the whole must perish together. The rulers of a state,as id
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. Fables of Aesop and others. uted by the Senateto appease a dangerous tumult and insurrection of the people.The many wars that nation was engaged in, and the frequentsupplies they were obliged to raise, had so soured and inflamedthe minds of the populace, that they were resolved to endureit no longer, and obstinately refused to pay the taxes whichwere levied upon them. It is easy to discern how the great manapplied this fable. For if the branches and members of a com-munity refuse the government that aid which its necessariesrequire, the whole must perish together. The rulers of a state, as idle and insignificant as they may sometimes seem, are yet asnecessary to be kept up and maintained in a proper and decentgrandeur, as the family of each private person is, in a conditionsuitable to itself. Every mans enjoyment of that little whichhe gains by his daily labour, depends upon the governmentsbeing maintained in a condition to defend and secure him in il. ^ iESOP»y FABLES, FAB. XXXVLII. The Lark and her Young Ones.. llllliniinTTMii., , .. ..irriiT A Lark, who had young ones in a field of corn whicliwas almost ripe, was under some fear lest the reapersshould come to reap it before the youno- brood werefledged, and able to remove from the place: where-fore upon flying abroad to look for food, she left thischarge with them, that they should take notice whatthey heard talked of in her absence, and tell her of itwhen she came back again. When she was gone theyheard the owner of the corn call to his son. Well, sayshe, I think this corn is ripe enough; I would have yougo early to-morrow, and desire our friends and neigh-bours to come and help us to reap it. When the oldLark came home, the young ones fell a quivering andchirping round her, and told her what had happened, begging her to remove them as fast as she could. Themother bid them be easy; for, says she, if the ownerdepends upon friends and neighbours, I am pretty sure iESOPS FABLES. 80 the corn will not be reaped to-mor