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fore take the liberty of recommending 

 what I thought would be of the greateft 

 ufe in your profeffion, but am extremely 

 glad to hear that you had anticipated my 

 advice; that you had ftudied the great 

 mailers, and that you allow (a conceffion 

 of no flight importance) that it is a 

 branch of knowledge efiential to the pro- 

 feffion. , 



That there is a certain affinity between 

 all the polite arts, has been univerfally 

 acknowledged, from Ariftotle and Cicero 

 down to the present time; and it feems to 

 me that good tafte, and good judgment, 

 confift in finding out in what circum- 

 ftances, and in what degree, that affinity 

 holds good, and may be practically applied. 

 General aflertions are eafily made, and as 

 they carry no conviction, they require no 

 anfwer; whether thofe who are not pro- 

 felfors, are likely to fuppofe greater affinity 



between 



