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 tliis at the expence of compliances, which his mind, he- 

 fore it fullered this degradation, would have fpurned .at 

 with coiuempt. He becomes a little, mean, depende t 

 thing, who, if ever he poireired any native dignity of 

 mind, mull feel how much he deferves to be defpifed, 

 and who, therefore nmidlt the glare of pomp that fur- 

 rounds him, mulf envy the fuperior refpedlability ot 

 the independent man, however low in rank, who dares 

 to look inward with felf approbation, and to afi'ert 

 without fear bis own privileges, alike againft the mi- 

 nions of the miniller, the miniiter himfelf, or eVen the 

 king, and aU the powers that be. 



The philcfopher thus coutemplates at a diftance, 

 the ccnfequence of thofe pnrfuits in which mankind are 

 ^ever engaged, with the keenell ardour, and the mora- 

 lifi attempts to appreciate the value of tlrofe high offi- 

 ces that are fo univerfally defired ; not with a hope of 

 diffuading thofe who thinl-L thefe things are wltliin their 

 teach, from attempting to obtain them, bnt with a 

 view to prevent many others from looking forward to 

 thefe objedls, and coveting them as the moft certain means 

 of procuring enjoyment in life • as there cannot be a 

 doubt, that tliofe men who depend upon their own ex- 

 ertions alone for 'abfiltence, without any fhare of court 

 favour, have the bell chance of enjoying life with fatis^ 

 faction to themfelves, and comfort to tlieir families. 



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