AnObjectionagainsttheUtilityofHistoryRemoved。II。TheFalseandTrueAimsofThosewhoStudyit。III。OftheHistoryoftheFirstAges，WithReflectionsontheStateofAncientHistoryProfaneandSacred。
Weretheseletterstofallintothehandsofsomeingeniouspersonswhoadorntheagewelivein，yourlordship’scorrespondentwouldbejokeduponforhisprojectofimprovingmeninvirtueandwisdombythestudyofhistory。
Thegeneralcharactersofmen，itwouldbesaid，aredeterminedbytheirnaturalconstitutions，astheirparticularactionsarebyimmediateobjects。
Manyveryconversantinhistorywouldbecited，whohaveprovedillmen，orbadpoliticians；andalongrollwouldbeproducedofothers，whohavearrivedatagreatpitchofprivate，andpublicvirtue，withoutanyassistanceofthiskind。Somethinghasbeensaidalreadytoanticipatethisobjection；
but，sinceIhaveheardseveralpersonsaffirmsuchpropositionswithgreatconfidence，aloudlaugh，orasilentsneeratthepedantswhopresumedtothinkotherwise；Iwillspendafewparagraphs，withyourlordship’sleave，toshowthatsuchaffirmations，fortoaffirmamongstthesefinemenistoreason，eitherprovetoomuch，orprovenothing。