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and tears. F 65” 
ite eon be unneces ys ye Rouse 
eau would derive no advantage fr ; 
‘cession, -for his conclusion would fail if Mets 3 
. ay the es rich the ne mind of this 
; ected his rule. 
The-gi ty are not 
age a vi nl usly united, 
is the diss arance of learning always Lipa, 
3 by'the »d peal OF duxury — Let the court 
> "of “Caligulay: of © sage eliogabulus, the » 
Asiati rchie many other striking 
ha modern history make the 
ply ?,The- trath ji is, there. is, nothing i in the 
ci of learning, which ‘inclines her to 
and averse to’ it. The Antonines’ “were learned 
~ "princes, particularly’ Aurelius, and they were 
” eo inent for temperance and moderation, 
for sober and chaste manners. A learned man 
ay indeed, be: luxurious, but instances of this 
2 See character are singular; 3 for learning does 
. not smi pon lus ury, nor is ray propitious 
£0 learning. des re 
Luxury is a general term, avid answers to very 
different standards in different minds, and in. 
different circumstances. What a cynic would — 
eall luxury, a more correct judge of manners 
would denominate taste and elegance, But it is 
to the praise of learning that taste and elegance 
Phy 
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