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" tndes, who have not Abilities fufficient 

 ^ to deferve well of their Country, and to 

 " recommend themfelves to their Pofterity, 

 *- by any other Method. It is the Phrafe of 

 *^ a Friend of mine, when any ufeful Country 

 ♦' Neighbour dies, to fay. Ton may Trace him. 

 " Which 1 look upon as a good Funeral Ora- 

 *' tion, at the Death of an honeft Husband- 

 " man, who has left the Impreflions of his 

 " Induftry behind him, in the Place where 

 " he has lived. 



" Upon the foregoing Con (iderat ions, I 

 " can icarce forbear reprefenting the Sub- 

 *' jeds of this Paper as a kind of Moral Vir- 

 *' tue^ which, as I have already fhewn, re- 

 " commends itfelf likewife by the Pleafure 

 " that attends it. It muft be confefs'd, that 

 *' this is none of thofe turbulent Pleafures, 

 which is apt to gratifie a Man in the Heats 

 of Youth 5 but if it be not fo tumultuous, 

 it is more lading. Nothing can be more 

 " delightful than to entertain our felves with 

 " Profpecls of our own making, and to walk 

 '' under thofe Shades, which our own In- 

 *' duftry has rais'd. Amufements of this Na- 

 " ture compofe the Mind, and lay at Reft all 

 ^^ thofe Pailions which are uneafie to the 

 ^'' Soul of Man, befides they naturally engen- 

 " der good Thoughts, and difpofe us to lau- 

 *' dable Contemplations. Many of the old 

 ^* Philofophers paiTed away the greateft parts 

 " of their Lives among their Gardens. Ep- 

 ^' earns himfelf could not think fenfual Plea- 



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