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liim new infirmuies ; while unreftrained 

 pafTionSi and a tafte for the moft frivolous 

 things, make him continually deviate from 

 the path that leads to happinefs. He who 

 feeks It never finds it, Happinefs exifta, 

 and can exlft only in ourfelves, and in the 

 good yfe which we make of our reafon. 



Were the favages as unhappy as we fup- 

 pofe, becaufe they are not acquainted with, 

 or defpife, all thofe fuperfluities upon which 

 we fet fo much value, why do they refufe 

 to adopt our ma^ners, our cufloms, and our 

 laws ? 



** Vander Stel, governor of the Cape of 

 ** Good Hq>e, having procured a Hottentot 



child, caufed him to be educated accord- 

 ** lag to the manners and cufloms of Eu- 

 ** rope. Fine clothes were given to him j he 

 " was taught feveral languages ; and his 

 " progrefs fully correfpondcd with the 

 ** care taken of his education. Vander Stel, 

 C 4 ** enter* 



