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Letter II
Civilisation is a blessing not sufficiently estimated by those who have not traced its progress.
Letter III
We must have an object to refer our reflections to, or they will seldom go below the surface.
Letter IV
In some degree I term every person idle, the exercise of whose mind does not bear some proportion to that of the body.
Letter V
When a country arrives at a certain state of perfection, it looks as if it were made so; and curiosity is not excited.