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some centuries ago. ere are ships crossing the seas in every direction, to bring what is use l to me, om all parts of the earth.
3. " In China, men are gathering the tea-leaf r . me; in America, they are planting cotton r me; in the West-India islands they are eding silk-worms r me ; in Saxony they are shearing the sheep to make me clothing. At home, power l steam-en­ gines are spinning and weaving r me, and ma ing cutlery r me, and pumping the mines, that miner­ als, useful to me, may be procured.
4. "My patrimony is small, yet I have post­ coaches running day and night on all roads to carry . my correspondence; I have roads, and canals, and bridges, to bear the coal r my winter re; nay, I· have protecting eets and armies around my happy country, to secure my enjoyments and repose.
5. "Then, I have editors and printers, who daily send me an account of what is going on throughout the world, among all these people who serve me; and in a corner of my house, I have books, the mira­ cle of all my possessions, more wonder l than the wishing-cap of the Arabian Tales, r they transport me instantly, not only to all places, but to all times. By my books, I can conjure up be re me, to vivid. existence, all th great and good men of antiquity; , and r my individual satis ction, I can make them act over again the most renowned of their exploits : the orators declaim r me; the historians recite; the . poets sing : in a word, om the equator to the pole, , and om the beginning of time until now, by my f books, I can be where I please."
6. This picture is not overcharged, and might be much extended; such being the miracle of God's.