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L ord Chcfler6.eld t o his Son
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t !.'•'r difi ·t'c~y a j1rofo:.1nd l·now/cdge efLife, ef Men, and of

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jonn t f.:r> G <'nilrn:Dn , 'tJid give that exterior polijh, hy
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it is pnjufiln!, fully c;;ncakd.
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in it.f t:1rig;e;a/ g arb, <!w ithout Jome exceptionable partso

and oj' its general utility, if carefully re_.,; ·
vifati and tzmi·1ulal~ t hi Reir. Dr: G_rcgory ha.r lately ru.n~
d,•r!tden the tt!f'k. I le has freed zt jY-om thefepa'ris wh1c!J
Rcligi?n, V irt ue, and 1!1of'nlity would difappro·u~, and
adapted it ~ ~1.1rlicu!arlyfo 1· Schou/J'!i .Academies, &1c ..

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Cfhe n/.:·idgment now cjfered to the Amer!can P ub:.
Iii.·, is n::-t cniy.1 ni!Rioned with the infpcllion tmd approbatir;!J of J)r. Gregory, b!d it has the additional value of
h~rng cnrt]~dly revifed, correF!ed1 and approved~ by a gtnt!emm~ oj. •wt'i'l-'k110 wn literary talents and ulel'>rity in tha
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LETTER LXIII.
Cbj Sty/~ im •Wri~idg ••. Ad·vanta_gu if a ~ond St. !1 ... E .\·twt[le;·
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refpirat10f:1, and obfcurc: an1m-;\l exdl:encc. . H e c.fo-Eries
to difi.i~,gµ~H1 himfelf among his fellow-creatures ; and,·
-alfrui ntgc1ia .intt11tr111 pr11rclari fiuineriJ, aut arli1 lonte,ftU
m:;m 911~rit .*· ·Cxfar, when ~mb:uking. in a ftorn1, fai~,
that it was n ot neceffary he ·fuould live ; but th at it
\vas a~folut~ly , ncce~fary that he fh.ould get t o the pl ~cc ,.
to. which he w,11s .gmng: And P!my le1·wcs mank md
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only_alt:etnattve ; either of domg what <leforvc s to
be wri}f~O, or of ~rit.in.g ·w hat defe.rves to be r.ead;
·_:· .. · . As fp~t.nofe who do neither, 1arum 'V1tam morJtmrptt Jl4lta
·· :· it:flii'.-r.o ; fJN011iam tit tttraque Jilt1ur f. y·ou have, 1 am·
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y ou mufl ktlow, and ufe the n cce!fary me:ins, or yottr
purfuit will be vain and frivolou s. In either cafe,fapert efl p i11cipium et fo ns :f: ; hut it · is by n o mclns all.
J 'hat knowledge rnufi: be adorned, it m ull have Jufire
as well as ~ne1g ht , or it ·will b.: oftenc=r taken for lead
than for gold. Knowledge you have, rlnd will have:
Jam eafy upon ~hat article. llut my bu finds, as your
friend} ·is not to compliment you upoi1 what you have,
but to tell you with freedom what you want ; and l
:murt tell you plainiy, that I fear you want every thing

.but knowledge.- .
I h~ve \Vritten to you, fo often, of late, upon good-.
bi9Ced ing, ad<lrefs, lei manieru liant~J "", the gr~1ccs, &'c.
that I fhafl confine· this letter to another f ubjecl.' pretty
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fo JLdl, !r.,)'trnr iLyk is homely, coarfe; and vulgar,. they
Wi!l · ~PP'~ar ta di, much difadvantagc, and be as ill re-~~ived, as y~·ur ~c~~o~, though. cv~r fo well propcrtion"
et1; would, .1f drdkd :in rags, dirt, and t;>.tters. It is not
·c\::::ry µntlert1anding thJ.t can judge ofm~tter; but eve'.·
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\~b~r ibr.(?ihip". \~'oulcl think i't u.ll/611g oY J;im ~and :that he
';~1\i"ft ! !~ a\"C n~g1etlccl for to h~ve wrote to his court ~tbo ! t
it; I n~uft ~cg kav\;;tO put your lord!hip in mii1da;
hlrz.l; , that 1 ar11 now full three quarters in arrear; an<l
if fa lt• th~t I do no t. Yerfi foon rect:ive at leafi one half .
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