7^HE RURAL SOCRATES, ^oi^ 



^ the management of his family, 



* his fupport of our natural rights, , 



' an intimate knowledge of the human charad:er^ 

 ' and of the primary fources of its errors and its 

 ' vices, 



* and a refolute and forcible oppofition to thefe 

 _ ' fources ; 



* * *" * in all thefe particulars, he excelled more than 



* he did as a Swifs cultivator ; and on this account an 

 ^ altar may be erected to him, provided it: be in the 



* WeRern world. In ours, we do not and cannot 



* give to the people all which they aflc. The whole of 

 ^ the people ought in troth to be refpedled ; but in Eu- 

 ^ rope, we think a man refpe^flablc only in proportion 

 ^ as he differs from the people, 



' The acquifitiori of fpecie is with us the finglc fland- 

 ' ard of internal profperity ; and the difftpation of it, the 



* nfeceffary refult of our complicated relations. — Kli- 

 ^ yogg however conceived, that c6in in the hands of the 

 ' peafant, led to his ruin ; and that the peafant had no' 

 ' ufe for cafn, except to fupport his houfhold and pay 



* his taxes."***"., 



^ He feared alfo that thehappinefsof his family would' 

 ' ceafe with the firft piece of filk which entered it ; and 

 ' he even dreaded theefFed of Sunday cloihest. 



' Having a deep penetration into man, he calculated 

 ' the influence of each fenfual enjoyment in its moffc 



* diftant confeouences. It was not its effedb however 



* upon the finances or the flate *^ * * which interefled 



* him ; (for with thefe he did not cjoncern himfelf ;) 



* but its cffed: upon the tranquillity of the mind and up- 

 ' on the liberty and free exercife of our faculties, at- 

 Hra(Slcd his notice ; and thele are obje<fls which (I 



* maintain) need not be provided for in Europe. . 



'The 



+ It isfarely ufeful to obferve the rule» to be clean once a week. There 

 b alfo a time when one may begin to wear our new clothes ; which fDsy 

 well happen on the day when there is tio work. Ev 

 Bb 



