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Excerpt from The Polite Philosopher, or an Essay on That Art Which Makes a Man Happy in Himself, and Agreeable to Others
TH E Intent of the Author, for I very well knew his Intent, was to make Men afham'd of their Vices, by ihewing them how ridiculous they were made by them, and how impohible it was for a bad Man to be Polite. It may be, graver Books have been written on this Subj eel, but few more to the Point; its Author being equally skill'd in Books and in. Me'n, in the dead Languages and the living: I prefume there' fore, that his Obfervations will be genee rally found true, and his Maxims jufl. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
