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Qfths Tniervievj between Prince Louis Eugene of PVir^ 

 temberg and Kliyogg^ at the Helvetic Society* . 



IT was in the year 1765, at the baths of, Schintznatch 

 and in the midft of the Helvetic Society y that his Serene 

 Highnefs prince Eugene of Wirtembcrg% defired to 

 fee Kliyogg, my defcription of whom had been fo for- 

 tunate as to excite in him fomc interefl.*** He had 

 written me a letter of which the following are extra(Si:,3* 

 -r— *V I have often v/ept over the ravifhing and affecting 

 V pi6lure you have drawn of this philolophical peafant* 

 ". He confirras me more aiid more in*the opinion which 

 ^*- I have long entertained, that the man who is the 

 *' happiefl:, is at the fame time the greatefl. We are 

 *' great, when we fulfil with zeal and exa(n:nefs our du- 

 " ties towards our country and our fellow creatures J 



. * The account in this feftion, ?« extracted from a letter written by Dr^ 

 Hirzel, to Mr. Gleim canon of Halberftadt, a celebrated German poet. 



+ This was a worthy, but bigoited prince, not ipuch in favor with 

 Mr, Gibbon, (See the pofturoous publications of that gentleman.} He 

 Joined the coalition of fovereigns againft France with great zeal ; but ac 

 laft was obliged to think of negotiation uith that country. He died 

 before he couid conclude any. — He was fucceeded by his brother, who 

 at firft perfifted in the plan of negotiating, but afterwards departed froax 

 it ; though a fudden death prevented this change of fyftem from appear^, 

 in^, — The reigning Duke of Wirtcmberg, who finiflied this projefted ne- 

 gotiation by a leniporary peace/ afterwards osariied the princefs royal of 

 England. One of his frfters would Iiave been at this time emprefs o£ 

 Aujiritti but for the death of her confort ; while another of bis fifters is 

 aftually the wife of Paul the prefent emperor of /J^^/T^. (A. D, 1797.) 

 . The Helvetic Society here alluded to was inftituted in 1761, having 

 for its members many enlightened perfons iti Switzerland, who m«t annu- 

 ally to hear a dlfcourfe from the prefident of the year, and to enjoy ths 

 benefit of each other* conveifation for the three days during which the; 

 affembly continued. It was held in the month of May. Schintznatch was 

 the firft place of the meeting^; but after fume fufpenfion, the annua! af- 

 iecnbly was next held at Olicn, and finally at Ataa» 

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