:8 THK RURAL SOCRATESo 



« 

 *' efforts I make, or however llrong is my inclination. 



^' Corporal a<fl:ivity fortifies the nerves ; mental aiSlivity 



*"' enfeebles them. By the conflant exercife of a far- 



^^ mev's life, the circulation of the blood becomes more 



*^ free, from the finidity being greater ; whilfl medita- 



*' tion requires a more fedentary and tranquil life,whigh 



■*'.* whickens the blood'and occafions a languid pulfe. Thus 



*' your occupation is calculated to banifli melancholy, 



*' mine to invite it. I am therefore obliged, often to fly 



*^ frora refie£tion, and feek diflipation in v/alking, and 



*' the company of my friends." — '• Still you are purfu- 



^' ingyour proper bufmcls (faid Kliyogg). In the con- 



*'- verfation of men of fenfe, you may enter into dlTqui- 



^^ fitlons tending to the benefit of mankind, with far 



*^ greater facility than in your clofet. I have alv^ays 



*' been greatly edified when you have been kind enough 



^'' to introduce me into company, where the difcourfe 



" has turned upon the daily new difcoveries in various 



^■^ branches, and on the molt eligible means of bringing 



*' the old to perfection. MiituaJ communication here in- 



^^ forms every one, of Ibmething of which he was igno« 



^' rant ; an agreement of fentimcnts,. animates and iup- 



^^ ports the execution of benevolence ichemes ; and a man 



*^ can i^:>re:id tlic nfe of whatever he has difcovered. 



*^ Walking may alfo be made an inffru^tive as well as 



'• healthful recreation ; by enabling you to examine, 



^^ with your own eyes, the culture of our farms ; to dif- 



'^ ccrnthe errors our huibandfiien commit ; and vv'hat 



^' defe£ls (land mofl in need of a general correction." — 



'" You are in the right, my dear Kliyogg, (I repljed.) 



f^ I will pay obedience co your advice, and feize every 



"^ occafma of performing my duty. From this moment 



^^ I will fet myfelf to the tafk ; that I may feel the fweet 



^'' confcioufnefi of being a ufeful member of lociety, and 



f" regular in the practice of all its obligations; happy 



f* 4^5. be able, whenever it fhall pleafe heaven, to quit 



** with ilitisfaclion, a life ipcnt in glorifying my Ci eater. 



*' bv b/:"Mo- MiVri'l f:o rviv f'U-.v.v-creiturt-s/' 



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