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Title: The citizen of the world, or Letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the East
Year: 1794 (1790s)
Authors: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
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parents, and adjulted by every ceremony pre-* fcribed by law. But as in the body of the work,* there are many paffagcs that offend good morals,*^ overthrow laudable cuiloms, violate the laws, and* deftroy the duies moft effential to fociety, virtue is* thereby expofed to the moft dangerous attacks. *< But, fays fome, the authors of thefe roman-< ces have nothing in view, but to reprefent vice* punifhed, and virtue rewarded. Granted. But Vvlli the greater number of readers take notice of thefe punilliments and rewards ? Are not their minds car-<f ried to fomething eifc ? Can it be imagined, that the*• art with which the author infpires the love of virtue* can overcome that crowd of thoughts which fway<« them to licentioufnels ? To be able to inculcate vir-« tue by fo leaky a vehicle, the author muft be a phiio-*« fopher of the iirft rank. But in our age we can find< but few firit-rate philolbpliers. ♦< Avoid l3o:kss)E)ditioj:^ &¥ Sje,i,ect Biotism riASsirs
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THE WORLD. 7< Avoid fuch performances, where vice aiTumes thsface of virtue ; feek wifdom and knowledge withoutever thinking you have found them. A man is wifewhile he continues in the punuit of wifdom; butwhen he once fancies that he has found the object ofhis enquiry, he then becomes a fool. Learn to pur-fue virtue from the man that is blind, who nevermakes a ftep without firft examining the grou::d withhis ftaff, The world is like a vaft fea, mankind like a vefielfailing on its tempeiluous boibm. Our prudence is itsfails, the fciences lerve us for oais, good or bad for-tune are the favourable or contrary winds. andjudge-<nient is the rudder; wirhout this lai!, the veifclis toflTed by every billow, and will find fhipwreck inevery breeze. In a word, obfcurity and mdi^^enccare ihe parents of vigilance and oeconomy 5 vigilanceand oeconomy, of riches and h.onour j riches and ho-nour, of pride and luxury ; pride and luxury of im-purity and idlenefs ; and impurity and idlenefs again

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