72 THE RURAL SOCRATES, 



iiar fatisfadiion^ in furniQiing his eager curioiity w'uh an 

 opportunity of noticing the excellence of the human 

 character, in a (late To nearly reiembling that of nature. 

 Kiiyogg was unwilling to rcfufe my entreaties, to favor 

 me with his company ; though he had ten leagues to 

 travel back the next day. 



However univerfal is the benevolence of Kiiyogg to all' 

 mankind, he makes their zeal for truth and their integ- 

 rity, the ftandard of his afte^ftion ; and his penetration 

 in thefe refpev^s is altogether extraordinary. 



The converfation of Kiiyogg is eafy and unconflrain- 

 cd, even from the firft moment of acquaintance ^ he has 

 great eloquence, and a fimplicity ofcxprellion peculiar to 

 himfelf and which he cannot owe to imitation. To il- 

 luflrate his meaning, he is often obliged to make ufe of 

 comparifons and metaphors, which have always the mofl 

 cxacl relation to the thought he wiflies to exprcfs. 



I'hough hefpeaks yi^ith facility and fatisfai^ion, he h 

 equally willing to be filent, if he finds that he is not at- 

 tended to with pleafure. He then devotes his whold 

 notice to the difcouife of the company ; and his fenfi- 

 ble and judicious replies demonflrate that he fuffers 

 nothing to eicape him. 



He felzes with avidity all truths at the firfl mo- 

 ment; and rejeds nothing bccaufe of its novelty and be- 

 fore he has thoroughly examined its intrinfic merit. In 

 this ji^rticular he is diametrically oppofite to mod coun- 

 trymen, whofe hereditary prejudices may be regarded as 

 part of their elTence. 



When Kiiyogg attains any beneficial difcovery, noth- 

 ing intcrcds him more than to impart it toothers ; and 

 he takes all imaginable pains to convince them of ita 

 utility, and to conquer their prepofTeffions. 



Never is Kiiyogg more happy, than when he happens 

 ^ofalUintoa conference, where the fpeakers difcufs^ 



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