4t2 UNIVERSAL ERUDITION; 



and many others , are immortal inftitutions," 

 highly ufeful in promoting of human know- 

 ledge, and infinitely glorious for their founders. 

 To thefe academies alfo foreigners are admit- 

 ted. 



XI. Were it our lot to poffefs powerful au- 

 thority upon the earth, we would add to thefe 

 brilliant eftabliftiments yet one more inftitution ; 

 and which, perhaps, would not be the lead ufe- 

 ful. We would found an encyclopedic academy 

 for the promotion of univerfal erudition. It 

 Ihould be compofed of 



3 Members for theology. 



3 ... for law. 



3 for phyfic. 



3 for fpecujative philofophy. 



4 for natural philofophy and ma- 



thematics. 



4 -* for eloquence and poetry. 



6 for the polite arts. 



10 for hiftory, philology, and lite- 

 rature in general. 



4 ___ fupernumerary members for uni- 

 verfal erudition in thofe parts 

 where they might be dill ne- 

 ceflary. Thefe would make 

 in all the number of 



40 Academicians. To whom we would add a 

 prefident, and two fecretaries : and we would 

 endeavour to procure the moft able profefibrs in 

 every clafs. Thefe jlluftrious men, thefe lite- 

 rati 



