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of being countenanced by what they are 

 pleased to call ignorant men ; that is, men 

 of judgment, not influenced by any selfish 

 motive, or prejudiced by being bred garden- 

 ers, or having learnt from them ; for the ig- 

 norance of the one is only natural and open 

 to conviction, whereas that of the other is 

 taught, and completely shut to every ray of 

 reason, and defies all the powers of Nature. 

 So, would it be easier to convince ten thou- 

 sand Indians of truth and common sense, 

 than one fanatic in theology, physic, law, 

 or horticulture. 



Nothing can shew the power of the prejudi- 

 ces of education and custom, or what maybe 

 called taught or acquired ignorance, over that 

 of natural ignorance, stronger than a prac- 

 tice that prevails among the medical tribe. 

 In rolling up a taper limb, they begin at the 



