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The author of the celebrated production now, in part, presented to the public, in this edition, was a profound phi losopher, a learned scholar of vast literary acquirement, as well as knowledge of the world and of human nature. He was possessed ofa keen wit, which out like a blade of Da masons; was eloquent as a speaker, and at the same time wrote with the ease, and elegance, of a master of the Eng lish language. He has had no equal in this country, in the versatility and originality of genius. But that which claims a higher praise, he was an honest man, a patriot sincerely attached t0'his country and its democratic institutions. An enlightened democracy was looked upon by him'as the true nobility. He considered the true democrat as the true gen tleman, who ought to feel a stain on'his fair reputation, as a wound. He maintained that, democracy is not in its na ture coarse, and vulgar, or destitute of high integrity and honour. The aim and end of his writings was to raise the standard of democracy, and to elevate the noble of nature to the same level with any other noble, in those qualities which constitute true nobility. The noble of nature. In his opinion, ought not to yield to the noble of aristocracy or monarchy in strict integrity, in liberal and benevolent feel ings, in propriety of manners, and general intelligence.
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The author of the celebrated production now, in part, presented to the public, in this edition, was a profound phi losopher, a learned scholar of vast literary acquirement, as well as knowledge of the world and of human nature. He was possessed ofa keen wit, which out like a blade of Da masons; was eloquent as a speaker, and at the same time wrote with the ease, and elegance, of a master of the Eng lish language. He has had no equal in this country, in the versatility and originality of genius. But that which claims a higher praise, he was an honest man, a patriot sincerely attached t0'his country and its democratic institutions. An enlightened democracy was looked upon by him'as the true nobility. He considered the true democrat as the true gen tleman, who ought to feel a stain on'his fair reputation, as a wound. He maintained that, democracy is not in its na ture coarse, and vulgar, or destitute of high integrity and honour. The aim and end of his writings was to raise the standard of democracy, and to elevate the noble of nature to the same level with any other noble, in those qualities which constitute true nobility. The noble of nature. In his opinion, ought not to yield to the noble of aristocracy or monarchy in strict integrity, in liberal and benevolent feel ings, in propriety of manners, and general intelligence.
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