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BOOK III 

 PART II. 



SOME CONSIDERATIONS WITH 



A VIEW TO PROMOTE RURAL IMPROVEMENT, 



AND 



PARTICULARLY THE IMPROVEMENT OF RESIDENCES. 



Perhaps I may be here allowed to mention a few induce- 

 ments to rural improvement, in addition to some which have 

 occasionally been suggested in the foregoing pages. Man, in 

 whatever stage of society he may be placed, is a social and de- 

 pendent being: the lower classes look to the wealthy and pow- 

 erful for protection; while the wealthy, in return, derive 

 their dignity and consequence from the lower classes. In con- 

 sequence of this relation, there are certain duties that belong 

 to each party, which are to be reciprocally performed, and are 

 enforced by certain motives peculiar to each. The duties of 

 both would proceed from necessity or attachment in the first 



