every thing hath a Right to Liberty. Theſe were his Words; and the Impreſſion they have made on me is never to be eradicated. Can any Man have a higher Notion of the Rule of Right, and the Eternal Fitneſs of Things. I cannot help promiſing myſelf from ſuch a Dawn, that the Meridian of this Youth will be equal to that of the elder or the younger Brutus.’
Here Thwackum haſtily interrupted, and ſpilling ſome of his Wine, and ſwallowing the reſt with great Eagerneſs, anſwered, ‘From another Expreſſion he made uſe of, I hope he will reſemble much better Men. The Law of Nature is a Jargon of Words, which means nothing. I know not of any ſuch Law, nor of any Right which can be derived from it. To do as we would be done by, is indeed a Chriſtian Motive, as the Boy well expreſſed himſelf, and I am glad to find my Inſtructions have born ſo good Fruit.’
‘If Vanity was a thing fit (ſays Square) I might indulge ſome on the ſame Occaſion; for whence he can only have learnt his Notions of Right or Wrong, I think is pretty apparent. If there be no‘Law
