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more valued than perfection in the Mathematics; but we —
confine ourselves, in the use of that Art, merely to measure
and reasoning; on the other hand, we readily embraced the
Orator, nor was he at first the man of learning, tho' capable
of speaking well, but afterwards became the Scholar; For it
is said that Galba, Africanus, and Saelius, were learned men;
and that Cato who was Older than them (or before their time)
was studious: and afterwards Lepidus, Carbo, and the Gracchi:
but there are so many at this time, that we now scarce Yield
in that point to the Greeks. Philosophy was neglected even
till this age, nor was there any treatise of it in the Latin
Tongue; on which account I intend to explain and recommend
it, that, if I have been in any respect serviceable to the common
wealth when I was in publick Affairs, I may be so too in my
retirement, in which I must be the more careful, because it is
said, there have been many books written by men of ——
excellent Character indeed, but yet not sufficiently learned;
and indeed it often happens that a man's thought is good,
tho' he does not know how to form Expressions to explain
his meaning with Elegance; but for a man to commit
his thoughts to paper, when he can neither dispose them
well, nor illustrate them, nor by any Artifice delight the
reader and induce him to go on, is inconsiderately to
make an ill use of his leasure hours, and what little
learning he is possessed of. The writer reads over his
performances to his Family, nor does any body touch

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Identifier: | JB/537/086/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 537.
Date_1	1761-01-27	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings	Tusculan Questions
Folio number	086	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Copy/fair sheet	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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