The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… Reject the rust, and bring the knowledge; And, hear it, age, believe it, youth, Polemics, really seeking truth; And Travellers of that rare tribe, Who've seen the countries they describe; Who study'd there, so strange their plan, Not plants, nor herbs alone, but man; While Travellers, of other notions, Scale mountain-tops, and traverse oceans; As if, so much these themes engross, The study of … And keeps late vigils to produce Materials for thy future use; Calls forth the else neglected knowledge, Of school, of travel, and of college. If none behold, ah! wherefore fair? Ah! wherefore wise, if none must hear? Our intellectual ore …
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