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for the propagation of which alone he wished to live; and concerning which you are pleased to say coolly, "men will judge variously, every one approving or condemning these opinions, according as they happen to coincide or disagree with his own^[1]." Our thoughts are very naturally carried back, upon this occasion, to the author of the first philosophy, who likewise engaged to open the eyes of the Public—He did so; but the only discovery they found themselves able to make, was,———that they were naked.

1. Life, &c. p. 59.