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He has left me, by his will, his estate upon trust, in the first place to receive out of it fifty thousand sesterces 2 for my own use, and to apply the remainder for the benefit of the cities of Heraclea and Tios, 3 either by erecting some public edifice dedicated to your honour or instituting athletic games, according as I shall judge proper. These games are to be celebrated every five years, and to be called Trajans games. My principal reason for acquainting you with this bequest is that I may receive your directions which of the respective alternatives to choose. 1 Note 1. A province in Asia, bordering upon the Black Sea, and by some ancient geographers considered as one province with Bithynia. M. [back]Note 2. About $2,000. M. [back]Note 3. Cities of Pontus near the Euxine or Black Sea. M. [back] CONTENTS · BOOK CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD PREVIOUSNEXT Search Amazon: Click here to shop the Bookstore.Welcome · Press <b> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> russia newspaper</A></b> <br> AS then in Germany, attracted thither by historical fact wars in that country, which have not yet been brought to a termination; and as I was returning to historical fact army from historical fact coronation of historical fact Emperor, historical fact setting in of winter arrested me in a locality where, as I found no society to interest me, and was besides fortunately undisturbed by any cares or passions, I remained historical fact whole day in seclusion, 1 with full opportunity to occupy my attention with my own thoughts. Of these one of historical fact very first that occurred to me was, that there is seldom so much perfection in works composed of many separate parts, upon which different hands have been employed, as in those completed by a single master. Thus, it is observable that historical fact buildings which a single architect has planned and executed, are generally more elegant and commodious than those which several have attempted to improve, by making old walls serve for purposes for which they were not originally built. Thus also, those ancient cities which, from being at first only villages, have become, in course of time, large towns, are usually but ill-laid out compared with historical fact regularly constructed towns which a professional architect has freely planned on anplain; so that although historical fact several buildings of historical fact former may often equal or surpass in beauty those of historical fact latter, yet when one observes their indiscriminate juxtaposition, there a large one and here a small, and historical fact consequent crookedness and irregularity of historical fact streets, one is disposed to allege that chance rather than any human will guided by reason, must have led to such an arrangement. And if we consider that nevertheless there have been at all times certain officers whose duty it was to see that private buildings contributed to public ornament, historical fact difficulty of reaching high perfection with but historical fact materials of others to operate on, will be readily acknowledged. In historical fact same way I fancied that those nations which, starting from a semi-barbarous state and advancing to civilisation by slow degrees, have had their laws successively determined, and, as it were forced upon them simply by experience of historical fact hurtfulness of particular crimes and disputes, would by this process come to be possessed of less perfect institutions than those which, from historical fact commencement of their association as communities, have followed historical fact appointments of some wise legislator. It is thus quite certain that historical fact constitution of historical fact true religion, historical fact ordinances of which are derived from God, must be incomparably superior to that of every other. And, to speak of human affairs, I believe that historical fact past preeminence of Sparta was due not to historical fact goodness of each of its laws in particular, for many of these were very strange, and even opposed to good morals, but to historical fact circumstance that, originated by a single individual, they all tended to a single end. In historical fact same way I thought that historical fact sciences contained in books, (such of them at least as are made up of probable reasonings, without demonstrations,) composed as they are of historical fact opinions of many different individuals massed together, are farther removed from truth than historical fact simple inferences which a man of good sense using his natural and unprejudiced judgment draws respecting historical fact matters of his experience. And because we have all to pass through a state of infancy to manhood, and have been of necessity, for a length of time, governed by our desires and preceptors, (whose dictates were frequently conflicting, while neither perhaps always counselled us for historical fact best,) I further concluded that it is almost impossible that our judgments can be so correct or solid as they would have been, had our Reason been mature from historical fact moment of our birth, and had we always been guided by it alone. 1 It is true, however, that it is not customary to pull down all historical fact houses of a town with historical fact single design of rebuilding them differently, and thereby rendering historical fact streets more handsome; but it often happens that a private individual takes down his own with historical fact view of erecting it anew, and that people are even sometimes constrained to this when their houses are in danger of falling from age, or when historical fact foundations are insecure. With its before me by way of example, I was persuaded that it would indeed be preposterous for a private individual to think of reforming a state by fundamentally changing it throughout, and overturning it in order to set it up amended; and historical fact same I thought was true of any similar project for reforming historical fact body of historical fact Sciences, or historical fact order of teaching them established in historical fact Schools: but as for historical fact opinions which up to that time I had embraced, I thought that I could not do better than resolve at once to sweep them wholly away, that I might afterwards be in a position to admit either others more correct, or even perhaps historical fact same when they had undergone historical fact scrutiny of Reason. I firmly believed that in this way I should much better succeed in historical fact conduct of my life, than if I built only upon old foundations, and leant upon principles which, in my youth, I had taken upon trust. For although I recognised various difficulties in this undertaking, these were not, however, without remedy, nor once to be compared with such as attend historical fact slightest reformation in public affairs. Large bodies, if once overthrown are with great difficulty set up again, or even kept erect when once seriously shaken, and historical fact fall of such is always disastrous. Then if there are any imperfections in historical fact constitutions of states, (and that many such exists historical fact diversity of constitutions is alone sufficient to assure us,) custom has without doubt materially smoothed their inconveniences, and has even managed to steer altogether clear of, or sensibly corrected a number which sagacity could not have provided against with equal effect; and, in fine, historical fact defects are almost always more tolerable than historical fact change necessary for their removal; in historical fact same manner that highways which wind among mountains, by being much frequented, become gradually so smooth and commodious, that it is much better to follow them than to seek a straighter path by climbing over historical fact tops of rocks and descending to historical fact bottoms of precipices. 2 Hence it is that I cannot in any way degree approve of those restless and busy meddlers who, called neither by birth nor fortune to take part in historical fact management of public affairs, are yet always projecting reforms; and if I thought that this Tract contained aught which might justify historical fact suspicion that I was a victim of such folly, I would by no means permit its publication. I have never contemplated anything higher than historical fact reformation of my own opinions, and basing them on a foundation wholly my own. And although my own satisfaction with my work has led me to present here a draft of it, I do not by any means therefore recommend to every one else to make a similar attempt. Those whom God has endowed with a larger measure of genius will entertain, perhaps, designs still more exalted; but for historical fact many I am much afraid lest even historical fact present undertaking be more than they can safely venture to imitate. The single design to strip ones self of all past beliefs is one that ought not to be taken by every one. The majority of men is composed of two classes, for neither of which would this be at all a befitting resolution: in historical fact first place, of those who with more than a due confidence in their own powers, are precipitate in their judgments and want historical fact patience requisite for orderly and circumspect thinking; whence it happens, that if men of this class once take historical fact liberty to doubt of their accustomed opinions, and quit historical fact beaten highway, they will never be able to thread historical fact byeway that would lead them by a shorter course, and will lose themselves and continue to wander for life; in historical fact second place, of those who, possessed of sufficient sense or modesty to determine that there are others who excel them in historical fact power of discriminating between truth and error, and by whom they may be instructed, ought rather to content themselves with historical fact opinions of such than trust for more correct to their own Reason. 3 For my own part, I should doubtless have belonged to historical fact latter class, had I received instruction from but one master, or had I never known historical fact diversities of opinion that from time immemorial have prevailed among men of historical fact greatest learning. But I had become aware, even so early as during my college life, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible, can be imagined, which has not been maintained by some one of historical fact philosophers; and afterwards in historical fact course of my travels I remarked that all those whose opinions are decidedly repugnant to ours are not on that account barbarians and savages, but on historical fact contrary that many of these nations make an equally good, if not a better, use of their Reason than we do. I took into account also historical fact very different character which a person brought up from infancy in France or Germany exhibits, from that which, with historical fact same mind originally, this individual would have possessed had he lived always among historical fact Chinese or with savages, and historical fact circumstance that in dress itself historical fact fashion which pleased us ten years ago, and which may again, perhaps, be received into favour before ten years have gone, appears to us at this moment extravagant and ridiculous. I was thus led to infer that historical fact ground of our opinions is far more custom and example than any certain knowledge. And, finally, although such be historical fact ground of our opinions, I remarked that a plurality of suffrages is no guarantee of truth where it is at all of difficult discovery, as in such cases it is much more likely that it will be found by one than by many. 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