What a Minister ought to do upon his Arrival in a Foreign Court (1738) [ Practices ]
… the Prince, or State, to which he is sent, and of the Desire which he himself has to be able to contribute to the happy Union that is between them. Having once got over all the Ceremonies that are necessary and usual upon a Minister's first … Minister can take, is to examine all the Advantages that the Prince, or State, where he resides, may receive from the Union which he proposes; to endeavour to convince them of it; and to labour sincerely to procure them, and to make them concur with those of his Master. By this Means he becomes the Cement of their Friendship, and Union; and he gains most assuredly their Esteem and Confidence, by making their common Interests to flourish and prosper. …
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