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.¥ together we form the entire man* Howevever advan- 

 *' tagcous for thecountry may be the tendency of your 

 "' wilefl: deliberations, your work is bat half proceeded 

 *' in, and the good is not yet realized, till the fubjed:, 

 '* the peafant, puts his hand to the bufinefs : but v»^c 

 *' fhould crofs each other in our exertions and bring on 

 *' confufion, and the good would be ftill undone, if you 

 *' did not keep us in order. Thus the peafant is but 

 *' half of a man^ and ths great lord alfo is but the other 

 *' half of a man; and it is only when they both join, 

 *' that the man appears as a v/hole, and that the work 

 'Succeeds/' — If our philofophic prince was afloniflied 

 at the jullnefs of the ideas of our villager and at the 

 luminous manner in which he difplayed them ; he waf 

 flill more io at the interior content which he read in his 

 eyes, while he was fpeaking : in fhort, he faw the whole 

 value of Kliyogg : He therefore replied, " You have 

 *^ju(l uttered a heavenly truth ; and it isprecifely becaufc 

 " you reprefent fo well your half of theintire man, and 

 *' fulfil ybur duty with fo much integrity, that I love and 

 ''honor you. I wifh to heaven, that I could affirm as 

 ^^ much myfelf, and with the fame confidence ;'' faying 

 which he a fecond time embraced Kliyogg : — '* I fee, my 

 f prince, (replied the villager) by the manner in which 

 *' you fpeak to me, that you fulfil the duties of your 

 ^^ fituation, as well as I can do thofe of mine ; and you 

 " cannot believe to what a degree my heart feels elated 

 ^' at your behaviour. My labors will become doubly 

 " dear to me, fince I perceive that they pleafe fo good 

 *' a prince ; and you would not proceed thus towards 

 ** me, if you were not accuflomcd to do the fame to 

 f' others. Indeed you are not aware of all the good 

 *' which will be produced by your condqfcenfion and fa> 

 *^ miliarity." '* I oughtrather to take your place (faid the 

 ^* incomparable prince,with his heart again penetrated ;) 

 '' for it is you, who encourage well doing ; yon, who are 

 ^' better than myfelf." — Kliyogg, who was now much 

 affeiSled, anfwered, with a ton^ «f fenfibility which madq: 



