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îû dellroy the monuments of that which preceded 

 it. This is the rcaion that our books, our fa- 

 ihions, our cuftoms, our ceremonies, and our lan- 

 guages, become obfolete fo Toon, and arc entirely 

 different this age from what they were in ihe l;al ; 

 whereas all thefe particulars continue the lame 

 among the fedcntary Nations of A fia, for a long 

 feries of ao-c^ together ; becaufe children brouQ-lit: 

 up in Afia, in the habitation of their parents, and 

 treated with much gentlenefs, remain attached to 

 the efLabliQiments of their anceftors, out of grati- 

 tude to their memory, and to the places of their 

 birth, from the recolleJilion of their happinefs and 

 innocence. 



OF THE SENTIMENT OF ADMIRATION. 



The fentiment of admiration tranfports us im- 

 mediately into the bofom of Deity. If it is ex- 

 cited in us by an ob;e6l which infpires delight, we 

 convey ourfelves thither as to the fource of joy ; 

 if terror is roufed, we flee thither for refuge, in 

 either cafe, Admiration exclaims in thefe words, 

 Jb, my God I This is, we are told, the eftcél of 

 education r.ierely, in the courfe of which frequent 

 mention is made of the nantie of God ; but men- 

 tion is flill more frequently made of our father, of 

 the king, of a protector, of a celebrated literary 



charader. 



