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Exeter Decr 31st — 1783.

Dear Sir.

And I say unto my Servant, do this & he
doth it; where does that happen but in Russia? does not this give
you as great an Idea of the Omnipotence of a Russian Monarch
as well of the Omniference of the Conseiller de Cour — You see
likewise by this Example, that the forming Men to the various Arts
Sciences, Professions & Trades a Coups de Baton which has been
so much talked of is not confined in this extraordinary Country
to the lower Ranks of the People, nor to the natives alone, but
that it is extended to all Ranks, & to the individuals of all nations who breath
the Russian Air. — They have found out that your Brother
has great Knowledge & Skill, in Mechanics, Chemistry, Physics,
&c, & they make a Stone Mason of Him, a Hewer of Stone &
Drawer of Water. — I am very much obliged to you for the
Perusal of these Letters, as I take a very sincere Interest in what
Regards the Writer of them; there is no Man whom I more wish to see
well rewarded for his Ingenuity, but I cannot help harping
upon the same String, I wish it were upon an English Ground, &
in doing His Mother Country Service, instead of Prejudice. The Country
he is in is really unworthy the Pains he will take to serve it, & not
in the same want of the Helps of Ingenuity that our Taxridden

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