STUDY XIII. 177 



The example of Peter the Great challenges imita- 

 tion ; and the order which he has eflablilhed among 

 his troops, with refpeft to Phyficians and Apothe- 

 caries, might be extended all over the kingdom, 

 not only in the line of the medical profcffion, 

 though even this would bring an immenfe increafe 

 of revenue to the State, but might alfo be ufefully 

 applied to the profeffion of the Law. It is greatly 

 to be wiQied that Attorneys, Advocates, and 

 Judges, were paid by the State, and fcattered over 

 the whole kingdom, not for the purpofe of arguing 

 caufes, but of fettling them by reference. Thefe 

 arrangements might be extended to all defcriptions 

 of profeffion, which fubfift on the diftrefs of the 

 Public : then the whole bodv of the citizens, find- 

 ing their repofe and their fortune in the happinefs 



than the rich and great are to lofty fituations, the term of which 

 is before them. The procefs which pafîès in the head of the little, 

 is fomething fimilar to the milk-maid's train of thought, in the 

 fable. With the price of this milk I will buy eggs; eggs will 

 give me chicks ; thofe chicks will grow up to hens ; I will fell 

 my poultry, and buy a lamb, and fo on. The pleafure which, 

 they enjoy, in purfuing thofe endlefs progreffions, is the fweet 

 jllullon that carries them through their labours ; and it is fo 

 real, that, when they happen to accumulate a fortune, and are 

 able to live in eafe and affluence, their health gradually declines, 

 and moft of them terminate their days in languor and melan- 

 choly. Modern Politicians, revert then to Nature ! The fweeteft 

 mufic is not emitted frons flutes made of gold, and filver, but 

 iVom thofe which are conftru6ledof fimple reeds. 



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