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that was sown in it, as proved a real, and that no 

 inconsiderable treasure. 



APPLICATION. 



THE good name and the good counsel of a father,, 

 are the best legacies he can leave to his children; 

 and they ought to revere the one, and keep in mind 

 the other. The wealth which a man acquires by 

 his honest industry affords him greater pleasure in 

 the enjoyment, than \vhen acquired in any other 

 way; and men who by personal labour have ob- 

 tained a competency, know its value better than 

 those can who have had it showered upon them, 

 without any efforts of their own. Idleness engen- 

 ders disease, while exercise is the great prop of 

 health, and health is the greatest blessing of life, 

 wirich consideration alone ought to stimulate men 

 to pursue some useful employment; and among the 

 almost endless number of those, to which good laws 

 and well-organized society give birth and encour- 

 agement, there are none equal to the culture of the 

 earth, none which yield a more grateful return. 

 The pleasures derived both from agriculture and 

 horticulture, are so various, so delightful, and so 

 natural to man, that they are not easily to be de- 

 scribed, and are never to be excelled : for in what- 

 ever way they are pursued, the mind may be 

 constantly entertained with the wonderful economy 

 of the vegetable world; and the nerves are in- 

 vigorated and kept in proper tone by the freshness 

 of the earth, and the fragrancy of the air, which 

 blush the countenance with health, and give a 

 relish to every meal. 



