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Letter from Dr. ^ijfot to Mcnf. HirzeL 



HAVING frequently received much informa* 

 tion from the works of Monf. Linguet, I 

 always read them with pleafure and with full ex- 

 pedation of further improvement; but, however 

 well grounded fuch an opinion of any author may 

 be, it Ihould never go fo far as to prevent a ftri(5b 

 and impartial examination of fads. The exami- 

 nation which I have made of his Treatife upon 

 Bread-Corn and Bread,* does not permit me to 

 adopt his opinions on two fuch interefting fubjeds 

 to mankind. I even think it might be of dange- 

 rous confequence, (hould they become general; 

 and when an author of fo much genius, learning, 

 and eloquence, undertakes to eftablifli an opinion^ 

 however abfurd, it may probably bias the judgment 

 of fome part of his readers, and be a means of per- 



* Annales Politique, CivUcs, et Literaire, torn. v. p. 429. 



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