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‘prostitute man dik a | flood» upon wus; ade 
those arts, “ shave been. the’ a aa pf this ” aie 
c 
a "Gan and ption, 
ousseau seems t feel thesdifficulty.o of fixing m 
Scimene ately upon Ik rning. the crime of luxury fen 
4 are. 1 
wrrapt attenc ants; but he is more at home ©. 
# whed he refers them directly to the arts, whi richvhe ‘= ’ 
: ose: Aa” the offspring of learning. Rete os 
Pins in ti first hasty) view of ad 
connection between un i 
een ae arts and learn= _ 
ing.» Butt ea, view of a eritcts ua ok aisle 
in the , ieee instance, the. fies inaccuracy, the 
' Is! + sameconfused esa the same unfounded 
_presumptions, the same gal conclusion. 8 8 
% ; _* That Jaixury ‘an corrupt: manners, may 
‘existywithout the arts has already appeared'from - « 
=. what has’ oo in some of thewrudest and 
Most | uncivilized. nations, to whom may bey added * — 
7%, Turks and the Moguls, examples of notoriety 
and magnitude, who from the commencément of 
ie». “their empires to the present day have been singu-. 
on hostile to science and the arts, but not me 
ile to luxury and e corrupt mannersywhich are 
ustly supposed to bein her train. A mation igno~ 
rant of and unexperienced in the 7 
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: will and 
must, in proportion a as it isepossess ed means, 
be Ramusnious Ana ae Indo se finds 
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