man ; that, in purfuit of knowledge, alps on 
alps arife before us ; that the profpect ex- 
tends in proportion to our elevation; and 
that when we have gained the fummit of 
the mountain, the expanfe of fcience Is 
bounded only by the univerfe. 
From this elevation, let us now look back 
upon yon fpruce young gentleman at the 
bottom of the hill. He has juft left the 
fchool which you fee at a diftance in the 
valley. The moment he had fhook hands 
with his fchoolfellows, he runs into a bar- 
ber's (hop, and, with a manly importance, 
fits down to have his no-beard fhaved off, and 
his graceful ringlets, bound ridgedly up in 
the form of a carrot, powdered and perfum- 
ed 3 his leathers up to his ribs, blue (ilk 
{lockings, harnefs buckles and a club in his 
hand, he begins his journey towards the 
temple of Fame. He miftakes the mountain 
before him for a fmooth plane, and, per- 
fectly confident in his acquired momentum , 
he expects to roll on with the rapidity and 
cafe of a Phaeton on the turf. Alas! he 
{tumbles at the firft ftep. He meets, as he 
afcends, with difficulties which he did not 
expect. His refolution fails. He fickens at 
the profpecl before him, and never advances 
a (in- 
