/o THE RURAL SOCRATES, 



application, without envying the poffefiions of an- 

 cther. 



Kliyogg recommends to all the members of his fami- 

 ly, a condant attention to neatneis in their drefs ; but 

 forbids every appearance of luxury. The flrongefi and 

 leafl expenfive fluffs and linens, are v/hat he prefers. 

 Extravagance in clothes, in his opinion, is one of the 

 moft frequent caufes of misfortune to families ; and is, 

 #>f all pafTions, the mod ridiculous and irrational. — 

 When bufinefs calls him to the city, he wears a coarfe 

 grey furtout coat, with Aeel clafps ; and this is to be 

 confidered as his holiday fuit. His brother puts it on 

 in turn, and it fcrves both of them for their journeys to 

 the city. 



As the grand purfuit in all his operations, is to arrive 

 St the end propofed by the fhorteil: way ; and as his na- 

 tive fagacity readily points that out ; the mod exadb or- 

 der and decorum prevail in every part of his houfe, 

 and every utenfil is placed in the very fpot \yhere it 

 will be mod convenient. — This principle is not only the 

 foundation of his economical fydem, ^' but ferves as a 

 guide to his moral condu6l. 



Nothing appears to him more clear and determinate, 

 than the ideas we ought to entertain of judice and hon- 

 or. — ''Every man (fays lie) may read in his own 

 *^ bread, what he ought to do or avoid, in fuch or fuch 

 *^ cireumdances. All that is required, when our inte'r- 

 ^'^ ed happens to be in oppodtion to that of another, is 

 ** to inquire Vvathln, how we diould wiOi to be treated 

 *^ in a iimilar fituation ; and to obferve during the 

 *' courfe of this proceeding, whether our heart is tran- 



'' quil 



* Thofc, only, who have e -/pfjlencfd how moch a fpicit of order 

 farihtatnj, as well 3s nccekrata all operations, can conceive how our cul- 

 ii^vatorhas been able to accomplilo. wi:h fo fe-v alfiflants, ihefeveral taOts 



