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<A FIELDING>
<T MCONVERSATION>
<P 119><L 1>
AN ESSAY ON CONVERSATION
MAN IS GENERALLY REPRESENTED AS AN ANIMAL FORMED FOR AND
DELIGHTING IN SOCIETY: IN THIS STATE ALONE, IT IS SAID, HIS VARIOUS
TALENTS CAN BE EXERTED, HIS NUMBERLESS NECESSITIES RELIEVED, THE
DANGERS HE IS EXPOSED TO CAN BE AVOIDED, AND MANY OF THE
PLEASURES HE EAGERLY AFFECTS, ENJOYED. IF THESE ASSERTIONS BE, AS
I THINK THEY ARE, UNDOUBTEDLY AND OBVIOUSLY CERTAIN, THOSE FEW
WHO HAVE DENIED MAN TO BE A SOCIAL ANIMAL, HAVE LEFT US THESE
TWO SOLUTIONS OF THEIR CONDUCT: EITHER THAT THERE ARE MEN AS BOLD
IN DENIAL AS CAN BE FOUND IN ASSERTION; AND AS CICERO SAYS, THERE
IS NO ABSURDITY WHICH SOME PHILOSOPHER OR OTHER HATH NOT
ASSERTED; SO WE MAY SAY, THERE IS NO TRUTH SO GLARING, THAT SOME
HAVE NOT DENIED IT. OR ELSE; THAT THESE REJECTERS OF SOCIETY BORROW
ALL THEIR INFORMATION FROM THEIR OWN SAVAGE DISPOSITIONS, AND
ARE INDEED THEMSELVES THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE GENERAL
RULE.
BUT TO LEAVE SUCH PERSONS TO THOSE W . . .
