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Excerpt from Harrison's British Classicks, Vol. 4: Containing the First, Second, Third and Fourth Volumes of the Spectator Roger, in my eye, as poor a rogue as Scarecrow. Bat, ' continued he, for the lofs of public and private virtue, we are beholden to your men of parts forfooth; it is with them no matter what is done, (0 it be done with an air. But to me, who am fo whimfical in a corrupt age as to act according to nature and reafon', a felfifh man, in the molt fliining circumfiance and equipage, appears in the fame condi tion with the fellow above-mentioned, but more contemptible, in plopol'tiol'l to what more he robs the public of, and enjoys above him. I lay itdown therefore for a rule, that thewhole man 'is to move together; that every aaion of any importance, is-to haven pro fpeét of public good; and that the general tendency of our indifferent aétions ought to be agreeable to the dictates of reafon, of religion, ofgood breeding; without this a man, as I be fore have hinted, is hopping infiead of' walking, he is not in his entire and proper motion.' 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.