'Tis a handsome saying, that of Plato's : " That when we consider the State and Condition of Mankind , we should place our Imagination upon some lofty Pyramid, or Observatoire; and from thence take a Prospect of the World, and look it over as it were at one View. Here we may see how Mortals are drawn up into Towns, and Armies in one place, and dispers'd for Husbandry in another ! Here are abundance of Things to be seen together, Marriage and Confederacy treated by Nations and Families, Births and Burials, Feasting and Jolity at one House, and all in Tears at another. Here they are in a mighty Hurry at the Bar, and there up to the Ears in Trading and Merchandize. Towards the end of the prospect, it may be you may see a great deal of Barren, and Uninhabitable Wilderness, with variety of Barbarous People beyond it. Take it altogether, 'tis a strange medly of Business, Humour, and Condition ; And yet if you consider it throughly, you will find the Diversity and Disagreement of the parts, contribute to the Beauty of the whole."