I4i STUDIES OF NATURE. 



*' in which fmall trees are unable to arrive at per- 

 ** feftion, if others too great overQiadow them ; 

 *' but there is this manifeft difference, that the 

 ** beauty of a garden may refult from a fmall num- 

 ** ber of large trees, but the profperity of a State 

 ** ever depends on the multitude and equality of 

 ** the fubjeds, and not on a fmall number, who 

 " monopohze it's wealth.'* 



Paul. 

 ** But why is want of money a hindrance to 

 " marriage ?" 



The Old Man. 

 ** Becaufe after a man has entered into that ftate, 

 " he wilhes to pafs his days in abundance, without 

 " the neceffity of labouring." 



Paul. 

 *' And why not labour? I myfelf work very 

 «' hard." 



The Old Man. 

 " The reafon is, that, in Europe, manual la- 

 *' bour is deemed diQionourable. It is there called 

 ** mechanical labour : nay, that of cultivating the 

 ** ground is cftemed the moft defpicable of all. 

 " There the artifan holds a far higher rank than 

 " the peafant." 



Paul. 



