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moral for a man to do, but what it is 

 his interest to do. It may be said, this is 

 an unfavourable view to take of human nature, 

 but it is a true one. I am not writing a 

 system of ethics, but representing men and 

 things as they are, still, we are not to suppose 

 men demons of iniquity, they are alive to both 

 justice and generosity ; pay a man well and the 

 generality of them will serve you well, where 

 this is not the case a man will, whether he be 

 a jockey, clerk to a merchant, or employed in 

 any other capacity, feel a pleasure in "throwing 

 you over" if opportunity occurs, even though he 

 may not profit by it. What is to be ex- 

 pected where he does? 



I know no more respectable man than an 

 honest jockey, and there are many of them, 

 when we consider the temptations held out and 

 the means he has of sacrificing his employer 

 if he is inclined to do so, where they do not 

 they merit our highest esteem and respect of 



