104 ^'HE RURAL SOCRATES. 



The next inquiry refpe^Its the treatment of Kliyo^9 fa 

 hit children. — I am afked whether chearfnlneis, open- 

 v.Q^s^ and a proper degree of liberty prevail in his honi'- 

 holci ; or it he governs his family by fear, and with tb© 

 harfhnefs and leverity common to a perion bred in the 

 country ; and whether his children are free from ambi- 

 tion and jealonfy ? — I anfvver, that harmonious friend- 

 iliip and an amiable gaiety, vyithout any mixture of ref- 

 traint, reign in this happy famdy ; and thole vvho enter 

 Irito it, find this painted in the contented air of thnfe 

 who compofe it. — Things indeed cannot be otherwife 

 with the mode of living i have deicribed. in all domef- 

 tic concerns, every one of this fimily has liberty to give 

 his opinion ; and the bell opinion is always foihnved ; 

 for all areaccurtonied to feek for truth without prejudice 

 or partiality, and to govern thenifeives by good fenfe. 

 Kvery one may iatisfy his appetite ; neither vi^luais nor 

 money as 1 have mentioned, beino (but up ; nor docs 

 any thing occur to excite in any one the rmalleft jea- 

 loufy. Kliyogg loves, and treats, and conlults them all 

 ■eqiially, under all circumilances ; and has no greater 

 pleafure, than that of feeing them contend who (halt 

 fnggell; v^hat is ht{i for the profperity of the family. 

 An have been kept, with equal care from their earlieft 

 infancy; ont of the reach of the dangerous pleafures of 

 gaming and drinking ; havii-ig never approached even 

 the places where they prevail. Onr philofophcr there- 

 fore fees bis own chara£ler mnkiplied in each of tlis 

 children. — His principles indeed have become fo habit- 

 ual in them, that no temptation of fortune can engage 

 :!iem to quit his roof. His eldeft fon might have mar- 

 ; led \QVY advantageouily ; but the flipulation of living 

 with the father-in-law made it impollible for him to 

 accept an offer ; which, without this, would have been 

 ::^ agreeable, ?.5 it was a^lvantageons. 



Kliyogg knows fo well how to banilh e^ry fpecies of 

 jf aUnify from his houfl:\oId5 thst his fons have rec^eived 



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