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flandard of knowledge in the cafe : for, 

 where the people are all my tenants, living 

 near me, and no others to be had but at a 

 diftance, every motive continues to keep 

 the whole train of bufinefs fo plain and fair, as 

 to banifli difputes, fince the poor people muft 

 be opprefTed, if they have not juftice done 

 them. It is not, as in any other fituations, 

 where they can go to other matters : thofe 

 who cannot agree neither with my bailiff or 

 myfelf, quit the village, and feek a refidence 

 elfewherej but this happens very rarely 

 among them. 



" There is another circumftance, befides 

 the profit, that has animated me much to 

 continue my works with all poflible vigour; 

 many noblemen, who have feen my im- 

 provements, have taken the hint, and exe- 

 cuted fimilar ones upon their own eftates, 

 and they have afterwards been with me 

 again, and informed meof their fuccefs. This 

 is being of fo much utility to the kingdom 

 at large, that it gives me the moll: lively 

 pleafure. For, though a great man cannot 

 do thefe things with the fame advantage as 

 a little one, yet his expending his money in 



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