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1$Qrth-CaroYmAW G A Z I K E, .for Ti 7 64; t - - Why are To many fo ye ry felicitous to (kreen tKemfelvH9uiider ambiguous Terms;' ndto" jivef a plauEBIeTurn-tothc frioft dangerous 'Errors ? Is it to impofeT upon the Bulk of Mankind, as Pirates do .upon unwary Sailors, byjhanging out falfe Corours? I Does it hot be- -ipeata-much-o;reater-uriif-MindtxrTctTa muntenableJNotion, Point on the Side of Truth ? 7'he latter may be often owing merely to the ilrength of a good Caufej -jvfteWai1 the-fo r m eri s t b(Re- "fult of that ingenuons Temper, and that Large- Ttefs ofSoulwhich1 lL. Nihil eoexcelfts erat out humilius 'r Scripts Ju JT r; ' Sibi uni non flacuity jJu,' tain Calamo quatn Fita, HuniaWGencri cornffacuerat None bid' fairer for being Great Men, than thofepinwhom a modtOpmu fclves is interwoven, with a laudable Ambition : , The latter is an Incentive to thofe . A&lons may make them glorious ; and the for-. mer is "aBar toTall tholettemptswliichi be ing beyond" their Strength) jnay make them mdiculousr nobleft Views, and makes him willing to fa- themTelves ; and the other prevents, them from crihee -the-Vanity orbe Difpii'tant to the difintercfted Purfuit of -Truth, tempered with a-Tinlure of Humility is (to ois opponent oniy.iconquers;?; upon a Error and himfelfewBylhFlatt Prejudices and Pafiions, which hang a vvTongfam;edfMindknows how to cbndcfcend .Biafs upon the Mind. - Good- Nature is undoubtedly IfierjirftIngf e dient in good Coverfation. The Man that is always pleafed, and in good Humour, never fails of pleafmg the Company. Learning . fiiould-be grafted upon this Quality ; and 'the Worlcl has too great Realon to lament, that i!UnaturedMeh,-e(pecially-if theyvbeinge nious, fliould ever have; the Advantage of - a without flopping too low, and how to rife without towering tod highr I-Breeding is little elfe than Good Na ture polifhed and beau tificd by Art. A n iil natredi MS little PunftilioV and. Forms of -Civilitv ; but he" -r-mJ-T mon OBfervation, that Learning fours a Man's Temper ; yet I am apt to think it is a much truer Obfervation, that his Temper fours his learning. The Mind is the Calk, and if that U , r j SJ ,1 - -: -- - t 1 ; i-r -rsryx - ibe ibutLand impure, the moft ge will lofe i ts own Tafte, and receive a Tintftu re 15o rrr th eeflel . iA-Man!adinatidnsi , fJ . , Tin with it : a ;telches himf iwilFbe deficient in the very Eflcntials. To --con Hi tu tea 'fi n i (bed ' Ch rat eiy:t hei nflcxible Integrity of the Man of Honour muft ;W jrweet- -ned :and-qualified;by-the-vvinningTGondefc tion ofthe Courtier and regulated by the Piety and Erudition of the! Divine. How gracefully does Learning fit upoii a Wan, hovv venerably a rri i a b le does R eligion-ap pearto t h'elEye o f the - JWorld, when-attendcil wi . And how does Good-Breeding plead a more fo J id Title to ou r- VaJue -and -Refpel, when ae- r-nrrinanlpft with Rflicrinn a nri I .parnino- ? The Gentleman tm kest heChriJltaitmd Scholar beloved ; and" the Chriflian and Scholar whofe Wit and Malice made him but too fa- tyrical-befbrer-to-give-a keener-Ed Raillery, and wound with more Succefs. So that the Superftruclurc of Education to a Man of this Complexion, is like aduing-Poifon to that, ArroWr-which-befork-w-too apt to kill. :Mumtlity'imotk erKleaririga.Al ity. - N o thing cari be; -in-Men-of1 Ai pe rib rrAt& n men is f-Qrm ore -fid i Iculous in Men of inferior Abilities. The Wprld is generally even with thefe Men ; and, as thiey defpife all, they are in Return def- rpiiea py au Cha rafter which w given of Dr. EA : m m oii t xhiiis Epitaph: : complifliments muft enter into the - Gompofi- -tion of rj?7 Converfation, vvhich is tlien carried to its" greattft Height of Perfection, vvhehivhat is faid uppnMatters'of-Moment is at once endeared-to us by a graceful' Manper, and an agreeable Gprtiplacencyiof B istenforced-by-the VVcight and riervous Ener gy of found Reafon, is enlivened by the ex qui - lite Beauties; of line Senfc and elegant Rcflec- tipns; ,; : :::- . ' , ' - r ' S:: t n.afFable Deportment, and Meeknefs of- Temper, will difarm the moft violent Antago tittioi his Qbftinacy, and we'need never fear r
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