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artd mere clownifh rufticity. He wilJ be fitted for 

 fuch department in the government of the ftate as 

 may beft fuit the natural bent of his genius, when- 

 ever his afliftance may be thought neceflaryj and 

 may rank hereafter among thofe worthies who have 

 adbed the fame part before him, and whofe eulo' 

 gium may be delivered in the words of the Roman 

 orator : *' Ab aratro arceflcbantur qui confules fic- 

 " rent — Suos enim agros ftudiofe colebant, non 

 " alienos cupide appetebant, quibus rebus, et agris, 

 " et urbibus, et nationibus, rempublicam atque hoc 

 " imperium et populi Romani nomen auxerunt."* 



But to return into the more humble walk of cul- 

 tivation and emolument. 



When our young pupil (hall come to the poflef- 

 fion of his paternal eftaie, he will immediately per- 

 ceive what is to be done to the bed advantage ; he 

 will be able to tiire^ his fervants, rather than be 

 impofed upon by them, which mud ever be the cafe 

 when the mailer is unacquainted with the bufincls 

 he fuperintends. This is a matter of high impor- 

 tance. For if in any other profeflion he fhould 

 fpend his fortune, it is poflible he may be the only 

 fufFcreri but it is not fo in Agriculture. Every 



• Orat. pro Ligario. 



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