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of their fairest Actions, see the wrong Apprehensions they had of Virtue, and be able to point them right, and keep them within their proper Bounds. Under this Correction Your Lordship may extract a generous and noble Spirit from the Writings and Histories of the Ancients. And I would in a particular Manner recommend the Classic Authors to Your Favour, and they will recommend themselves to Your Approbation.

If Your Lordship would resolve to master the Greek as well as the Latin Tongue, You will find that the one is the Source and Original of all that is most Excellent in the other; I do

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