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EULOGY ON GENERAL WASHINGTON. 



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whom the knowledge and the pradice of the goo d and 

 the TRUE nre perfedly familiar: whom no filfe theories 

 can dchide, no deceptive iaticements fediicCj no demons 



of mifchicf difniay. 



UxDER fuch aufpices, 



you will walk fafely and 



fiiccefofully : preferring the fober paths of praOicable 

 good to the brilh'ant allnrements of fedu€live unfubftantial 

 novelties : adhering to old and approved truths, w^biie 

 indulging in new iriquiries : folicitous for improvement, 

 but ftill 



retaming 



a 



iuft 



reverence for the approved 



maxims of ancient prudence. Let us hope that the cafual 

 abufes of Science, or the .exentricities of fome of its 



profeffors, will not impede its cultivation and encourage- 

 ment. Falfe philofophy is indeed the deceitful Delilah, 

 which will enervate and corrupt the ftrongeft eftabliflnuents 

 and deliver them nervelefs, and refiftlefs, to the Phi'Iutines 

 of hifidelity^ the Lords of Anarchy and Mifrule : but 

 found Science, with rational Religion, will be the firm fup- 

 porters of the Magiftracv to the lateft time; as Aaron 

 and HuR fuilained the hand oi Moses, iintil the going 

 dcTJjn of the sun. 



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