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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.
depreciate continental society or represent
it as useless, but I wish to point out to the
reader the change that has taken place, and
to caution him against expecting from
foreign society, in its present state, all the
advantages which were formerly, supposed
to be derived from it.
This subject naturally leads to a question
which, I believe, is generally solved rather
from habit and prejudice than reason. Are
we, as Bacon says, “ to sequester ourselves
from the company of our countrymen"
while abroad, or may we be allowed some-
times to associate with them ? The answer
to this question should be drawn from prin-
ciples of general or rather durable utility.
The object of all our travels, studies, and
pursuits is, or ought to be, permanent ad-
vantage. V/e do not, doubtless, travel to
France or to Italy to see Englishmen, but
yet we travel for improvement and for
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.
depreciate continental society or represent
it as useless, but I wish to point out to the
reader the change that has taken place, and
to caution him against expecting from
foreign society, in its present state, all the
advantages which were formerly, supposed
to be derived from it.
This subject naturally leads to a question
which, I believe, is generally solved rather
from habit and prejudice than reason. Are
we, as Bacon says, “ to sequester ourselves
from the company of our countrymen"
while abroad, or may we be allowed some-
times to associate with them ? The answer
to this question should be drawn from prin-
ciples of general or rather durable utility.
The object of all our travels, studies, and
pursuits is, or ought to be, permanent ad-
vantage. V/e do not, doubtless, travel to
France or to Italy to see Englishmen, but
yet we travel for improvement and for