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respect to your own means, is what I hope you will never lose sight
of, you are sensible I have never yet touch'd upon that subject, nor shall
I again. as it is impossible for me to judge, where you shod go, or how
you sho'd live, or conduct yourself with respect to particular circumstances.
The manner of your living while at , cod not be expensive as
to & yet as you seem'd to have been so little there upon your own hands
therefore I conceive, travelling & Dress must constitute yr principal
articles of extraordinaries. I am glad to hear your friend
is safe arrived at St Petersburg, and that he has met with so —
favourable Reception from the Empress; as that is the Place which seem'd
to be the center of all your Views, I hope you will not let the obliging offer
Mr Coustin has made you, of taking you with him to Stockholm, tempt
you to quit Petersburg, a day sooner than you wod be otherwise
inclined to do, or before you have used every means in your power
to attain the accomplishment of what you meant or hop'd to be
able to bring to bear there. In availing yourself of the Information
you got from the Frenchman, a new acquaintance you had not mentioned
before, you made us of a latin Proverb " Has est et ab hoste docere - it was
a Maxim of the great Philosopher Lord Bacon wch he us'd to make use of by
conversing with all sorts of People that something might be learn'd of everybody
— These are a sort of hints yt carry as it were conviction along with
them, & can't possibly lead to any unfavourable consequences, such as the
given you about P. but you have had so much practise of late, yt
we are to consider you, now no longer as the speculative Politician, & yt
experience has qualified you to give lectures, instead of receiving them
in that way — when you are settled at Petersburg, I hope to receive a long Letter
from you, with some account of my friend Mr Forster how he do's & lives
& upon what terms he is with the Duchess of Kingston, & what kind of
Reception you meet with from her & Sir James Harris, you may tell
her Grace, yt her old friend Sir John Fielding is breaking up, being
so very ill, he is not likely to get over it. he is a very Gros body & such
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Jeremiah Bentham |
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