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hoods, to engage in this study *; and thus intro- 

 duced that taste for inquiries of this nature which 

 has ever since existed, in a greater or less degree, 

 in some individuals in those states. 



New England has given birth to the greatest 

 number, and the most eminent of the native Theo- 

 logical writers of America. And there is no doubt 

 that by far the larger portion oi\K\^ Sermons printed 

 in the United States, whether in volumes or single 

 discourses, is produced in that part of the coun- 

 try. It may also be asserted, that almost all the 

 valuable disquisitions on the Philosophy of the hu- 

 man mind, Mhich have been published on tlie 

 other side of the Atlantic, were written in New 

 England, 



In the literature and science of Politics, it is 

 not easy to say which part of the country is mo^t 

 entitled to credit. If we pronounce in favour of 

 those states, which have produced the greatest 

 number of eminent political writers, we must 

 give the first honours to Massachusetts, New 

 York, Pennsjvlvania, and Virginia. But there is 

 no subject more generally studied in every state 

 m the union, than political science; none on 

 Avliich their literary men so frequently MTite ; 

 and of course none which so constantly calls 

 iovth the exertion of talents. 



Of Plistorical composition, the eastern states 

 have produced their full proportion, and rather 



.-*: It was probably OAving to the conversation and influence of 

 these, or some other foreigners visiting the country, that Clayton, 

 Starke, Cary, and Greenway, ot" Virginia; and the Bartraius, 

 Marshall, and others, of Pennsylvania, were so much devoted to 

 botanical pursuits. 



