THE KURAL SOCRATES, jtf 



Hiat the encouragement with which' a government hon- 

 €>rs the rubje<5J:s who diftinguiQi themieives by ufefu! 

 fiifcoveries, or bencfieial examples^ makes an imprcfiiorf 

 on others, and induces them to endeavor at an imitation^ 



Kliyogg kept the only tavern which there was in the 

 village ; from which there rcfblted, in appearance, con- 

 fiderabie profit towards honie-keeping. — Accurate exa- 

 mination foon convinced him that this was a miftake •: 

 he fhuddered at the thought of the bad imprefTions and 

 dangerous examples his children would receive from 

 the guells who frequented his houfe ; the greater part 

 of whom wafle in a tavern that time, which is mof!:' 

 precious for work 5 wantonly difiipating tiie money 

 which ought to be employed to the advantage of their 

 domeilic affairs, till their flrength is enervated, their 

 under flan ding and reafon totally degenerate, and they 

 are incapable of applying to the occupations or dutie^- 

 of life. — ^Thefe reflexions led him to a determined refo* 

 lution not to allow any of his cuflomers more wine thaa 

 Was ncceffary to recover and recruit the confumptiorj! 

 of rpirits, occafioned by hard labor, or the fatigue of a 

 journey : the fole ufe for which wine feemed deilined 

 by the Creator. He fixed, from his own experience, 

 that quantity to a pint ; and maintained his reiblutiod 

 v/iih the moll rigid exaftnefs; 



8uch a proceeding was very Toon attended with the 

 lofs of the greatefl part of his company, and with theme 

 of tire profit arifing from his buftnels.— The two fiflcrs 

 (one of whom had been brought up in a tavern) were 

 filled with refentment ; and attacked him. in very fever^ 

 terms. ". We have always foreleen, faid they, that 

 '^ your unaccountable fingularity would prove the 

 *' ruin of your family. The v/orld has long taken no- 

 '^ tice of it ; and the better part has prophefied that no 

 ^' luck would happen ever fincG you began to deviate 

 *' from the cudoms of cur wile forefathers 1 You fee 

 *^ what fine effects your obllinate caprice has produced, 



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