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Letter XXI. Schools.

like any other. Books, conversation, sensible objects, every thing might be
given. The genealogy of each observable idea might be traced through all its
degrees, with the utmost nicety: the parent stocks being all known and numbered.
Party men, controversialists of every description, and all other such
Epicures, whose mouth waters at the mammon of power, might here give
themselves a rich treat, adapted to their several tastes, unembittered by
contradiction. Two and two might here be less than four, or the Moon might be made
of green cheese, if any gentleman pious founder who were rich enough, chose to have her of
that material. Surrounded by a circle of pupils, obsequious beyond any thing
as yet known under the name of obsequiousness, their happiness might in
such a mansion be compleat, if any moderate number of adherents could
content them; which unhappily is not the case, At the end of some twenty,
or five and twenty years, introduce the Scholars of the different schools
to one another (observing first to tie their hands behind them) and you will
see good sport: though perhaps you may think there is enough of that kind
of sport already. But if you throw out this hint to any body you
will take care, as far as sects and religions are concerned, not to mention
names: for how few of these how few are there but would be ready to pull us to pieces
if they saw their rivals sit down upon the same line, as candidates for
the same advantage? — and this is what we should get by our impartiality.
You may however continue to hint, that the money which is now laid
out for propagating controversy, by founding summons and lectures ( might
be laid out with greater certainty of advantage in the founding controversial-

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