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" irtg their ideas further than the very 

 ** spot they are employed upon." 



This, I must allow, is an imposing and 

 a strong sentence, and one that often ap- 

 pears as a decorament in book-farming ; 

 but it is not just censure, neither is it 

 dictated by sound policy; for every one 

 who reads it will immediately be put upon 

 his guard, and will see it in no other light 

 than as the puff-indirect ; for when a man 

 is impetuous in pulling down characters, 

 it is forthwith suspected that he is de- 

 sirous of building for himself upon the 

 ruins. Indeed, were I to employ a pro- 

 fessed floater, I should not wish him to 

 extend his ideas further than the boun- 

 daries of my meadow, and the regular 

 distribution of my water thereupon.- I 

 can see no great cause for regret, that 



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