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feasts used to sing to the pipe in praise of the virtues of —
famous men, yet on Oration of Cato's declares that Poetry
was held in no Esteem, in which he objected as matter of reproach
against M. Nobilior that he brought poets into a Roman
province, for, when Consul, we know he brought Ennius into
Aetolia: the less encouragement therefore there was given to
Poets their Works were by so much of the fewer and more ——
inconsiderable, and if any of 'em did discover any great
genius in that way, yet they could not hope to arrive to
that degree of Glory as among the Greeks. do we think now,
that if Fabius (a man of a most noble family) had been ——
applauded for his painting, there would not have been ——
enough Polycletus's and Parrhasius's? 'tis honour that —
cherishes Arts and everyone is influenced by Glory to the —
love of Study, and that Art is always neglected; which —
every body discourages. the Greeks thought the most —
profound erudition consisted in vocal and instrumental
musick, therefore even Epaminondas, the most excellent
man, as I think, that ever Greece produced, is said to have
sung most excellently to the Fiddle: and Themistocles,
a few years before, when at a feast he declined playing
upon a Guittar, was looked upon as illiterate on this
account. in Greece musick flourished and every body—
learnt it, nor was he — who was unskilled in it ———
reckoned to have had a good Education. with them
Geometry also was in high Esteem: therefore nothing was 3

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Date_1	1761-01-27	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings	Tusculan Questions
Folio number	086	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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