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generally observed to them, that I can scarcely 
call to my recollection a property where these 
maxims are infringed, I would wish to know from 
the philanthropists in what consists the deplorable 
part of their situation ? 
Laborie ! Laborie ! thou liberal-minded, gene¬ 
rous—yes—modest Frenchman !—let me here pay 
you that tribute which, however coarsely it may 
be expressed, comes direct from the heart. The 
precepts thou hast delivered on the same subject 
breathe the soft voice of benevolence, candour, anti 
humanify.—Accept the sincere effusions of a kin¬ 
dred spirit; and may the close of life be blessed with 
that calm serenity which a mind like yours, 
fraught with pure, with genuine philanthropy and 
plnl osophy, can scarcely fail to secure to its pos¬ 
sessor !— 
I perfectly agree with this generous French¬ 
man, that “ the articles of luxury which find their 
provisions. They are allowed to take a reasonable quantity in 
the parts less likely to be wanted for the produce of the pro¬ 
perty, and to occupy it as long as they please ; or should it be 
required to be added to that part on which is raised the staple 
commodity of the Estate, a reasonable time is allowed them to 
reap the fruits of their labour, and other lands are allotted them* 
A right of Inheritance is even admitted among them, as ; n case 
of the death of the possessor, his children, it they are cIisdoslcJ 
so to do, are permitted to retain and cultivate them. 
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