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events," prior to their communication : but if he 
expect credit to be given, when he tells the 
theme of praise, when all that “ is lovely and 
of good report” claims its due regard, it is not 
from such philosophy, that he can hope for its 
acquirement \ 
At all events, the subject, as far as the author 
is concerned, shall now rest. Another portion 
of his Travels, describing objects of a more 
pleasing nature, diverts his attention from 
Scythian wilds and from all their fur-clad tribes; 
from uniformity of scenery and of disposition, to 
regions highly diversified, and to human-nature 
under every circumstance of character; from 
wide and barren plains, to varied territories 
“ flowing with milk and honey;” from rivers, 
and lakes, and stagnant waters, to seas traversed 
by “ men out of every nation under heaven ; 
“ Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and 
“ THE DWELLERS IN MESOPOTAMIA, AND IN 
(I) “ Even tbe Author of the History of Charles XII. of Peter I. 
and of the age of Louis XIV. was of opinion, that it was of greater 
importance to say what is useful than what is true; as if what was 
false could ever he useful ! In a Letter to Count Schuvalof, he says, 
‘ Until I have leisure to methodize the terrible event of the death of the 
Tsarevitch, I have begun another work.' Is this Ute language of a 
philosophical historian ?” Mem. of the Court of Petersburg, />. 81. 
