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 are, for the generalit'y. beRow'cl upon �uch as are utterly and notorioufly ignorant of them, and never them their 1tudy a their lives. Whey are yea away, as penfns and finecures, to any body that can make isgood intereli for them, without any rdlZ& - to abilities or chara&er in general, or to what faculty in particular he has apply'd his mind. I have known a profligate debauchee choin pro. d]'or of, moral philofopiiy; and a fellow, who he. vet look d upon th:;hfa ' his life. profhflbr 'y g. . them for it, but Greece. and ruth-like vYuable er. Don Bellimui of records: we' have had likewi: numbcriers profeffors of Greek, Hebrew, and a,abi&, who farce underltdod their mother-tongue: -and, not long ago, a Famous gametier 'and er was defied M--g--t prod:flor oF dvinity' tb great. it feems, is the analogy between dufflag ,m is, and aiing o,f'e i or between' tiring may eate, and fa. wng of ]buls ! I often areale royfell with confidering what con. fadon it world make in the world, if all lodeties took the time method., or rather the me anti-me- thod; for inftnee what apr. etty fet'of'tradefmen nd artificers {hould we have m any corporation, it �Tay/0r took aplxentices to m. ake them llakfrnitbi or if.enfie O/fp/n waa appotated to teach 'the art and yfiery 6f bad,t-mli$ . and fo, on in all o. ther tri&s and vocations. "' ': .... Would uo the world have hugh'd; iF l�icdini had FofqYd the ien of Gattbnl or, iF mo. t Wboum had t up for a guardi Of y,g . Or fuppofe-again, that: Will WhlJton enould be ltch'd upon to preach Lady Moye?s fermons at St, l'd't, i der'race of the tr/ity i and that Dodot Wterlrd

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