iio tMe rural SCJCRATES. 



" eale V* To v/hich the prince replied, that ^* It wasoia^ 

 *' ly a little prefent, by which he wifhed Kliyogg td 

 *' keep himielf reminded of the pleafure he had given 

 *' him.*' — "• Kliyogg then looking at the piece, faid 

 *' But it is only money; of which I have no need, 

 ** having enough arifing from my own labor, though I 

 ** am not the iefs obliged for your politenefs ;'' and he 

 attempted to return it. — " Keep it (faid his highnefs ;) 

 *' you have iurely gained this trifie, llnce you have 

 *' quitted your l?.bor to give us pleafure «" '' But, faid 

 *' Kliyogg, my pleafure has not been Iefs than yours ; 

 */ and fince I have feen from you, that great lords can 

 *' love induftrious peafants ; 1 fhall fo redouble my ex- 

 " crtions, that I lliall regain what I have loft. You 

 *' cannot fufficiently give credit to the degree of fatif- 

 *' faction I have received ; and if I were to pay for the 

 *' pleafure which I have my ft If juft felt, I fhould be 

 ^' your debtor.'"' — '' But I have o'ccafioned you expcn- 

 *' ces.'' — '^ By no means : 1 came here upon a morfel of 

 '^ bread : you have kept me free of expence, while I 

 " have been with you ; and another morfel of bread 

 *^ will carry me back. So keep your money, fince I 

 ** wifii for none but that which I acquire by the labor 

 *^ of my hands ; fo^- as foon as any one feeks to acquire 

 *' it by other metiiods, he is undone. ''—The aufterc 

 air with which thefelaft words were accompained, en- 

 gaged the prince to take back his money ; and he has lincc 

 acknowledged to me, that he never in his life felt him- 

 felf fopoor as at this moment, — Oixr philofophic peafant, 

 (now acknowledged as fiich) here returned towards hisf 

 home, loaded with our bencdidions^t 



* Our author has neglefted :o obferve here, that the prince placed Kli« 

 yogg by his fide at the two meals which our philofopher maJe at Schintz- 

 natch, the whole company always dining at the fame tabic. He put bim 

 in the fame pofition at the pubHc meeting of the Society, at which ilfd 

 Kliyogg aflil^id. F 



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