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sures and duties of wealth, but most of ours are 
as yet venal. 
58, Those who befriend Genius when it is 
struggling for distinction , befriend the World , 
and their names should be held, in remem- 
brance (Cunningham’s Life of West) — Yes to 
seek, foster and protect. Genius is ope of the 
highest prerogatives of Wealth. Genius how- 
ever is not confined to Painters or Machinists, 
it applies and belongs to all Inventors , whoever 
seeks, finds and makes known useful or valua- 
ble facts or things, to Original Authors, Poets, 
Dramatists, Philosophers, Historians, Natural- 
ists, Botanists, Astronomers, ... as well as 
Manual Laborers, from the inventor of Sandals 
or Shoes, to that of Steam Engines and Tele- 
scopes. To all these the friendly help or patron- 
age of Wealth is needful at present; in a better 
state of Society, it w ? ould be the duty of the pub- 
life to reward them. 
59, Dr. David Brew ? ster has said — The labors 
of Science have no counterpart of evil, they are 
the liberal bequest of great minds to every indi- 
vidual of their race. Wherever they are wel- 
come and honored they become the solace of 
private life, the ornament and bulwark of the 
Commonwealth, — Such eulogy is deserved ; but 
as such men are seldom gifted also with Wealth 
like Humboldt or Banks, it is the duty of Wealth 
to patronize such exalted merit. In Europe the 
Savans or Learned begin to form a High Class, 
not so with us as yet ; but it may be so ere long, 
a real Nobility accessible to all talents. 
60, If it is asked how patronage is to be ex- 
erted, it may be answered — Honor the Men of 
Genius and Learning, publish or buy their works, 
their talents, the labors of their hands and 
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