462 On Léarning and thé Arts. 
and guilt are essentially different in their nature, 
and so in a great degree is their'appearance, in 
_spite of a general conformity of exterior, The 
artful courtezan cannot personate the inimitable 
simplicity, ease and grace of the untainted female. 
In fine, vice must be allowed to exist in the 
polished and the learned world, and perhaps in 
more multiplied forms than in ruder and ignorant 
periods, though with less deformity and horror. 
But conceding this, it is still a truth, that what- 
ever be the moral reproach of any day, spi 
and politeness are not the cause, | | they 
are still a real blessing to the nation “which 
possesses them. I may sum up their praise ina 
few words; they add to the acceptableness of real 
worth and goodness, they lessen the deformity of 
vice, and on the whole contribute larly to the 
melioration of society, to the general ~ stock of 
human comfort and happiness. . 
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