NeitherdoIallowoftheconjectureoftheParians,senttoregulatetheMilesianssufficientforsuchaconsequenceastheyfromthencederivedcomingtovisittheisland,theytooknoticeofsuchgroundsaswerebesthusbanded,andsuchcountry—housesaswerebestgoverned;andhavingtakenthenamesoftheowners,whentheyhadassembledthecitizens,theyappointedthesefarmersfornewgovernorsandmagistrates;concludingthatthey,whohadbeensoprovidentintheirownprivateconcerns,wouldbesoofthepublictoo。Wearealllumps,andofsovariousandinformacontexture,thateverypieceplays,everymoment,itsowngame,andthereisasmuchdifferencebetwixtusandourselvesasbetwixtusandothers:
\"Magnamremputa,unumhominemagere。\"
[\"Esteemitagreatthingalwaystoactasoneandthesameman。\"——Seneca,Ep。,150。]
Sinceambitioncanteachmanvalour,temperance,andliberality,andevenjusticetoo;seeingthatavaricecaninspirethecourageofashop—boy,bredandnursedupinobscurityandease,withtheassurancetoexposehimselfsofarfromthefiresidetothemercyofthewavesandangryNeptuneinafrailboat;thatshefurtherteachesdiscretionandprudence;andthatevenVenuscaninflateboysunderthedisciplineoftherodwithboldnessandresolution,andinfusemasculinecourageintotheheartoftendervirginsintheirmothers’arms:
\"Hacduce,custodesfurtimtransgressajacentes,Adjuvenemtenebrissolapuellavenit:\"