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Show JinErtiNnAW" ;8me;ppfPE3rptic w,vce VfrcoMfEawiTirtHEltArrr rpr seen ym;The:bc5tv'tliio wisesnd.;,thc. "most-conxagcbnsloftflesp frcqbefitly larachted thounhappy.cbndiU6b iutd'whVcIiHh'cir.gifeatncss betruyed'them. jeVng often.I)VrnJn.i in pnde and;iuxury; tliey-sedom;canha:vo anj'fceltng ofHlfe calamitica ;whlch;'tho rc$t ot tbb .wbrldasiiffe!:. - TijcJ be-sides' be-sides' surrbmided; for hc-fjhost part, by. the. fulsest, thomost ambitious, and the basest of all men; with such nteti 'eyes; .thmust'therefpre sec,, with sucfi men's carshexniusi likewise, .hear,. . I.cauubtj in" truth, see, .bQv,,In the na ture'of things,Jt can be. otherwise, pqr tbc..mcaa.fiiwhiigs, the servile flatteries, thddcccltful cotrespoiidcnccs, the base Ingraiitijdo to old b,enefa?torS, and the; slavish compliances with new friends, and all'lhc other aria and treacheries, which arc necessary to ..bp, put. n practice in order 10 rfso in "sucb courts, or. Indeed, to : become hgadsflf parties c;ca in frccgov-ep'nmcnl frccgov-ep'nmcnl makejtnlnMst impossible fpr(. a frnlygreatrbc virluousjnifitt td. altaitL to those' stations. .., A, good urnli. will cbqpse?.to,;uye in an Lih.nocent obMutftyund IsatisTachblvjrcsulti hiiVw-i) merit ;at$'virjtu"ratbc.r;.thaii aim at batncsSjiiy-S Jong SjeriSlotpnwofttiy nrt?iaol:jgnqbRattlongyh :.bUiou;tho"pel, thb. thb5prbud;th($ ;trencherouV2part;firtnant Jci jfdf will "'be evcrif ustiug b wnsejreV 'romafjljrnn'd wdbajo'rfng ifi Cbnrt's'rns well 'ttioHyC bf'tUdim .tbinidttg cro,; arid d""piake themselves necessary, wiirbocbnthiually eltber ffot-tering ffot-tering or distressing" prTuccs ' "foreaiVit hc expected 'that mp,, whb haTO beenTfaised't by such1 exe crable biecn should, ev-cr use it to the bencGt of .mankind, or ;Jp"any "good end. They'wlH always prp.ccci inc'3h.e, same steps where, they bcganj.nud use, for the support ft)ieir grca'tuess,, the same .yile pleasures by vhlcfi. they ocjuirea' their greatness, till they have at lenglh sacrlt ficcd aU ttnbg? in. heaven and' earth to ;thcIrambJtlon: ; Tlicrc is a fine passage, to t lits purpose, in the' short btslory of tbe .Kraperor Av-relian Av-relian by Yopfecbs. "My friends. says the great Umpcrqr Diqclesian, to those 'if no i advised him" to resume the Empire), you little knbw'hb diflknlt an undertaking undertak-ing it is tb perform the dutj'of a lloman Emperor, "nmt to reign Well. The few "whq have access tq him, will cabal and conspire" together, and nnite in their counsels to deccivte and betray him. They will stutly how to flatter him, and never fell him what it'is their duty- to tell him, and what Hjs his Interest to knqw;J)ut only what tbejr think will best please him. Thejr wljl fhut him pp,.nnd, asit-wcrlm- .v prison hiffl Jn his palace; and tii' one shall, be adntittcd to his oarj !but,by, their let, and; Itt. their presoftqei C.Eo that hb. Shall Bevcc?kn6w ihexohditlohjpf hisaffalrs, w Indeed qtatiiy thing bbt what they think to tell him, .By iheirrneans he .shall prefer andcscrvtng racn.'tp'the best 'posts: of' ie empire, nod disgrric'6.,lhe tnpJt. worthy of his subjects, ami the most devoted to hk. interest' .But .whyhbuld labor this, polnany morc, when "even ihq 'gobd iKe, most diSccrningj 'when the best and ablest Emperoriiwbought and soldK' T -i ,'But IMoclcsian, wiis an .arbitrary Prince, wliose will was a law to his sabjecU, But it.lfar qiherwlsp in limited oaartlIes, where the,Brincoi,goy,erns; his people- by, fiedulci tind.knq wn slatutes ; and where his faithful Statel have' ;right to; repre scnifreclyf tliqughnmmbly; -their, grievances, griev-ances, lahimfinaby hWaiHhbritiq, call to iiccountrawtl punlsh,:sucy;Wtrttycra. as arc;b'efotO;descrlbcd!;:f 'Z&Lf, ' JriIoppy!thdrefore;is ihb'Princei happy iul;Cihe,'.vlove:ltMI;0? in" p eXust.,applaus knojvledmchtjibf imHIidhli'i. lilsyfellowi creatures; -who" derive hlm.iJTlincejbnppis ; the Consti tutloi) is so poised and tempered, andUliSSdmiriistraiib ; diyided'in ta pfopcrchonnelsinhat the p$s ; 6!qns;and,iuSriiiitics enltcrJiitoc.tlmeMuY ; racnt; the. , jnckn.of'dqlboqd, Upftigr. ill; "$rhel . gracfons I nctlons afe i bwiifediiorflowfromjljls. clemency clem-ency andobdufsf,,!;nrid; where inferior machines are;an : 'duct asawyrejudicc ;. ?siSuch;tt'gbyerjimen ' resembleithat-bPJDrcayeniit Soycregnisppscr of all IHhlrigsf ?can . neither wjilVbr do.anynj,l1fwhai jnstnnd,gbqdi4 -HjK.isVrcstrarucd by the excellency; orhipiva'nbat . ytM jBUtbor;qf evil; aridcWiircalLto ascvqro account, all Hbosc, 'Whqrbuld.imputc;thcir own . unrightebusness.td his'oHks'ory inj fluCncc. ' " - - ' f'aJS$ |