246 letter on Dr Gilbert Stuarts writings. Fune-26% 
surreetions, sufficient for all his power and ambition: 
to over-rule; to mortify his desires, would be con-~. 
quest ;.to subdue his affections, would be victory ; and: 
to keep peace in that little state would be immortal; 
glory, honour, and renown. Yours, tc. 
Yarrow’s braes, t 
ALEXIS 7uni0re. 
Dec. 5. 1791- J 
‘Cory oF siR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE’S LETTER TO: 
DR GILBERT STUART, THE ORIGINAL IN THE HANDS 
OF MR MURRAY, BOOKSELLER, LONDON. 
Sir, 
On my return from a part of my circuit last week,. 
I found on my table your valuable work, the View 
of Society in Europe, for which J return you my 
thanks, and fhiall take the first opportunity my lei- 
sure affords of giving it a careful perusal. I entirely 
agree with you that law cannot be studied as a science, 
without calling in the aid of history ; and the higher 
that history ascends into the ruder ages of mankind, 
the better interpreter it will be of many ancient legal 
formularies and customs. I perceive by occasionally 
dipping into your notes, as I opened the leaves of the 
book, that in some respects you differ from a work. 
of mine, to which you are pleased to pay much 
greater compliments than. it deserves ; and your ob- 
servations, so far as I have seen, appear to me to be 
just ; and J fear that an accurate inquirer may still find. 
in other parts of it, sufficient marks of what was 
really the case, that. the book was not originally. 
