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Rh or calm invetigation, to acquire that trength of character on which great reolves are built. But hear what an acute oberver ays of the great.

'Do the great eem inenible of the eay price at which they may acquire the publick admiration; or do they eem to imagine that to them, as to other men, it mut be the purchae either of weat or of blood? By what important accomplihments is the young nobleman intructed to upport the dignity of his rank, and to render himelf worthy of that uperiority over his fellow-citizens, to which the virtue of his ancetors had raied them? Is it by knowledge, by indutry, by patience, by elf-denial, or by virtue of any kind? As all his words, as all his motions are attended to, he learns an habitual regard to every circumtance of ordinary behaviour, and tudies to perform all thoe mall duties with the mot exact propriety. As he is concious how much he is oberved, and how much mankind are dipoed to favour all his inclinations, he acts, upon the mot indifferent occaions with that freedom and elevation which the thought of this naturally inpires. His air, his manner, his deportment, all mark that elegant and graceful ene of his own uperiority, which thoe who are born to inferiour tation can hardly ever arrive at. Thee are the arts by which he propoes to make mankind more eaily ubmit to his authority, and to govern their inclinations according to his own pleaure: and in this he is eldom diappointed. Thee arts, upported by rank and pre-eminence, are, upon ordinary occaions, ufficient to govern the world. 'is&ensp;