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If by his hands a finer disli is made ; The smith liis brotlier snmdge witli scorn doth trtat, If he his iron strikes with brisker heat. IF BY HIS HANDS A FINER DISH IS MADE THE SMITH HIS BROTHER'S SMUDGE WITH SCORN DOTH TREAT IF HE HIS IRON STRIKES WITH BRISKER HEAT
speak what we please, nay, if we are not counted parsimonious and splendid in our expenses at the same time, we grow uneasy to ourselves, and despise our life as maimed and imperfect. Besides, Nature seems to instruct us herself; for, as she ministers diff"erent sorts of food to her animals, and hath endowed them with diversity of appetites, — some to eat flesh, others to pick up seed, and others to dig up roots for their nourishment, — so she hath bestowed upon her rational creatures various sorts of accommodations to sustain their being. The shepherd hath one distinct from the plough - * Solon, Frag: 15. 156 OF THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND. man ; the fowler hath another peculiar to himself ; and the fourth lives by the sea. So that in common equity we ought to labor in that vocation which is appointed and most commodious for us, and let alone the rest ; and so not to prove that Hesiod fell short of the truth when he sj^ake after this manner : — The potter liates another of the trade. HOOLS AND COMMANDERS IN THE FIELD IF WE CANNOT FLATTER AND HAVE THE FACETIOUS LIBERTY TO SPEAK WHAT WE PLEASE NAY IF WE ARE NOT COUNTED PARSIMONIOUS AND SPLENDID IN OUR EXPENSES AT THE SAME TIME WE GROW UNEASY TO OURSELVES AND DESPISE OUR LIFE AS MAIMED AND IMPERFECT BESIDES NATURE SEEMS TO INSTRUCT US HERSELF FOR AS SHE MINISTERS DIFFERENT SORTS OF FOOD TO HER ANIMALS AND HATH ENDOWED THEM WITH DIVERSITY OF APPETITES SOME TO EAT FLESH OTHERS TO PICK UP SEED AND OTHERS TO DIG UP ROOTS FOR THEIR NOURISHMENT SO SHE HATH BESTOWED UPON HER RATIONAL CREATURES VARIOUS SORTS OF ACCOMMODATIONS TO SUSTAIN THEIR BEING THE SHEPHERD HATH ONE DISTINCT FROM THE PLOUGHMAN THE FOWLER HATH ANOTHER PECULIAR TO HIMSELF AND THE FOURTH LIVES BY THE SEA SO THAT IN COMMON EQUITY WE OUGHT TO LABOUR IN THAT VOCATION WHICH IS APPOINTED AND MOST COMMODIOUS FOR US AND LET ALONE THE REST AND SO NOT TO PROVE THAT HE SEE IT FELL SHORT OF THE TRUTH WHEN HE SPAKE AFTER THIS MANNER THE POTTER HATES ANOTHER OF THE TRADE
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