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Think not Hell is let loose with a terrible mission,

To punish a world for incor'gible Sin.

Not from angry Gods, nor from deep Politicians,

War nat'rally springs from the Passions of Men[13]:

'Tis for room and for food,

That Men fight and shed blood[14];

When sufficiently thinn'd the inducement will cease:

There'll be room for us all,

When our numbers are small: