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Excerpt from A Supplement to Lord Anson's Voyage Round the World: Containing a Discovery and Description of the Island of Frivola
First, That it is the pure Effeets of his Impartiality arifing from the Comparifon of the Idea he has formed of the Genius of our Nation, with that of his own. He delivers himfelf upon this Head with great Freedom, from a juft Perfuafion, that nothing good or great can be attained, but by a {teady Purfuit of Trutb. TO this he facrifices all that vulgar Se f Concei, t by which the Frenclo In general are drawn Into a fond Perfuafion, that they ex ceed all other Nations, almof't In the fame Degree that the refi of Mankind tranfcend other Animals. That in Point of Courage, Wifdom, Science, Wit, and Politenefs, they move in a fuperior Orb; and that whatever appears Of thefe excellent Qualities in other Nations, is borrowed by Reflection, or caught by Imitation. This ofientatious Folly he treats as it deferves, and points out very clearly its terrible Effects, by introducing Contempt of the only Met/sod by which Learning and Arts can be kept from running into Extravagance, and exalting capr ice under the plaufible Name Of taste to that Office which ought ever to be held by good sense yet all this is done not to deride, or to degrade, but to fhame his Countrynzen into what is boncfi, laudaole, and great. It is for this Reafon that. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
