THE BATAVIAN REPUBLIC
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A few years of tranquillity, under the care of skilful and learned professors, will probably restore the university of Leyden to much of its former lustre. The neatness and accommodations of the city, the grave and sober manners of its inhabitants, the purity of the air, and the beauty of the vicinage, are circumstances which strongly recommend the university of this place, and eminently qualify it for studious retirement and instruction.
