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"Taxes in lieu of TEA. 
Whatever taxes the wifdom of the legiflature may impofe to 
anfwer the fain tar y purpofe intended by this (peculation, let us 
think ferioufly of abolifhing the ufe of tea : the evil is become. 
enormous: you will get immortal honor if you fubdue it. 
You fee I declaim as if I thought the bufinefs in queflion might 
be accomplifhed : I do think fo : ’tis in your power to begin 
the reformation, by reforming yourfelf. ’Tis thus the moft her- 
culean labors are fubdued with eafe. But if you do not reap 
all the advantages which a general reformation might pro- 
duce, you will have the conftant approbation of your own* 
mind on earth, and your reward in heaven : you will do 
yourfelf the fame honor as if it did fucceed, and receive the 
fame applause. The foldier who difcharges his duty, and' 
maintains his port, with valor and intrepidity, tho’ his com- 
rades adt the part of cowards, is the more efteemed. And tho* 
we (land single and unfupported, the reward of virtue will- 
not be the lefs. Farewell. I am yours, &c. 
LETTER XIV. 
To the fa?ne. 
Madam, 
I F we confider the many weighty and necessary expences 
which attend life, according to the plan in fafhion : if we 
add what is fpent in ornament, parade, and curiofities, in tra- 
velling abroad, and at home; in diversions, of which feveral 
require no trifling fums ; and laftly, by every thing, being every 
day dearer than before ; we may conclude, that near one fhilling 
put 
