STUDY XIII. i8i 



From an Inftitution of this kind would refult 

 the re-eftablifhment of one of the Laws of Nature, 

 of all others the moft important to a Nation j I 

 mean an inexhauftible perfpeftive of infinity, as 

 neceflary to the happinefs of a whole Nation, as to 

 that of an individual. Such is, as we have caught 

 a glimpfe in another place, the nature of the hu- 

 man mind ; if it perceives not infinity in it's prof- 

 peels, it falls back upon itfelf, and deflroys itfelf 

 by the exertion of it's own powers. Rome pre- 

 fented to the patriotifm of her citizens the con- 

 queft of the World : but that objed: was too li- 

 mited. Her laft viâiory would have proved the 

 commencement of her ruin. The eftablifhment 

 which I am now propofing, is not fubjedlcd to this 

 inconveniency. No objedt can pofîîbly be pro- 

 pofed to Man more unbounded, and more pro- 

 found, than that of his own latter end. There are 

 no monuments more varied, and more agreeable, 

 than thofe of virtue. Were there to be reared an- 

 nually, in this Elyfium, but a fmgle tablet of the 

 marble of Britanny, or of the granite of Auvergne, 

 there would always be the means of keeping the 

 People awake, by the fpedacle of novelty. The 

 provinces of the kingdom would difpute with the 

 Capital, the privilege of introducing the monu- 

 ments of their virtuous inhabitants. 



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