132 studies of nature. 



The Old Man. 

 " You will aft, then, like other men ! you will 

 *' facrifice your integrity to purchafe fortune !'* 



Paul. 

 " Oh, no \ the fearch of truth fhall be my only 

 ** aim. 



The Old Man. 

 " Inftead of making yourfelf be loved, you will, 

 ** mod probably, expofe yourfelf to hatred. Be- 

 " fide, incorporated aflbciations intereft themfelves 

 *^ very little in the difcovery of truth. To the 

 ** ambitious, every opinion is indifferent, provided 

 ** they domineer." 



Paul. 

 " How unfortunate am 1 ! I am difcouraged 

 *' on every fide. I am doomed to pafs my life in 

 " labour and obfcurity, far from Virginia." And 

 he heaved a deep figh. 



The Old Man. 

 *' Let the Almighty be your only patron, and 

 *' the human race your corps; be firmly attached 

 " both to the one and to the other. Families, Af- 

 " fociations. Nations, and Kings, have their preju- 

 " dices and their paffions, and vice is often requi- 

 *' fitc, in order to ferve them as they defire. But 



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