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to that ftate of fimplicity which fomc difdain to exam* 

 Inc. But a difcerning man will negle<fl nothing to draw 

 f uch charadlers from their retreat : he will go like the 

 Count de Treflan to vifit them in their cottages, or like' 

 Dr. Hirzel to feek them at their plough. He will be 

 eager to make known their virtues and their good ac- 

 tions ; not in order to flatter their felf-love, for fame 

 in their eyes is no bleffing ; but in the hope that * * if 

 examples of vice make fo many guilty and unhappy, a 

 contrary effed will be produ<:ed by inRances of virtue. 



SECTION III. 



AJMtiGftal Particulars in the Character and Seni'vme fit's 

 of Kliyoggy communicated by a CorreJpo7ident^. 



'■''• SINCE I know what ufe you defign to make of 

 ^ Kliyoggt, it feems necefTary to ftate certain points i.i 



* Ms chara(^€r, which can never {^v\'q for imitation in 



* Zurich, but Avill not the lefs do him credit, ** or pre- 



* vent his ferviug as a model for the cultivators ofAmer- 



* ica. In all the civilized parts of Europe, man has ve- 



* ry Haiited enjoyments ; no more than the mere 



* portion which cannot be ravifhcd from him ; a portion^ 



* n^cefTarily (lender in a country like Zuirich, where the 



' population' 



* Thefe particulars are contained in a letter written in 1795", to tfe 

 editor of this compilation, for the purpofe of being inferted in this place. 

 The original being in German, the tranllation is here given horn a French 

 franflation. 



The author of ihe letter is a citizen of Zurich, well known for his ta- 

 lents, and who has been noticed on this account hy naoie than one fove- 

 reign power in Europe.— It will appear that he was lirtle fatisficd with 

 the antient conftimtion of his canton ; and it may be fufpefled, that he 

 attributed to Kliycgg fomc of his own feelings ia more than one ref- 

 pea. E. 



+ Namely,to paMifh the prefent compilation refpe^Ing himp in t^« 

 tJnited States of America, in the fitflinn^nrf, E, 



