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Rh which shall ﬂow from Your Pen, will be entirely Your Own.

The next Direction I would give Your Lordship is, that You would decline the Critical Part of Learning as much as possible, for that will lead You insensibly from good Sense, and good Language, and 'tis below a Person of Your Lordship's Parts and Quality to take Notice of it: I am not ignorant of its admirable Use in the World of Learning, nor would I betray Your Lordship into any Contempt of an Art, where a Man must be a great Man indeed to excel, as some amongst us most eminently do. Rh