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Excerpt from The Principles of Natural and Politic Law, Vol. 1 of 2: In Two Volumes
DE _d I C AT I on. However, I' cannot help taking notice of that true magnificence with which you have at all times contributedio the advancement of learning, and where by you have ju?cly acquired the title of patron, and protector Of letters. In fact, the extenfive blefiings that for tune has befiowed upon you, have employed not as infiruments of private lugpry, but as means. Of: pro moting. Thofe arts, which have reigeived an additional lui'tre; fince they have' fiione foi'confpicuou?y in your. Perfon. Your firieiid?iip and correfponderice have beenfcotirted (by the greatefiomen of the preterit age 5 and your houfe, like that oftatticus, has been open to the learned oil. All orders and ranks, who glfupre'tne judge of learning and wit, buthmprepver as an arez'z'er maifter. Of finiihed urbanity.
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