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30 handle for mock patriotim. For whilt rank and titles are held of the utmot importance, before which Genius "mut hide its diminihed head," it is, with a few exceptions, very unfortunate for a nation when a man of abilities, without rank or property, puhes himelf forward to notice.—Alas! what unheard of miery have thouands uffered to purchae a cardinal's hat for an intriguing obcure adventurer, who longed to be ranked with princes, or lord it over them by eizing the triple crown!

Such, indeed, has been the wretchednes that has flowed from hereditary honours, riches, and monarchy, that men of lively enibility have almot uttered blaphemy in order to jutify the dipenations of providence. Man has been held out as independent of his power who made him, or as a lawles planet darting from its orbit to teal the celetial fire of reaon; and the vengeance of heaven, lurking in the ubtile flame, ufficiently punihed his temerity, by introducing evil into the world.

Impreed by this view of the miery and diorder which pervaded ociety, and fatigued with jotling againt artificial fools, Roueau became enamoured of olitude, and, being at the ame time an optimit, he labours with uncommon eloquence to prove that man was naturally a olitary animal. Miled by his repect for the goodnes of God, who certainly—for what man of ene and feeling can doubt it!—gave life only to communicate happines, he coniders evil as poitive, and the work of man; not aware that he&ensp;