. The craftsman. O 3 SATVRDht, t&k. 7%e Ckattsuat^% 201. N° 101. Saturday, May p, T hath been long difputed, whetherMen of an a^we, or contemplative Life,are of moft Service to the World ; andperhaps the latter have been guihy offome Partiality in giving the Preferenceto Themfelves ; as the Lord Bacon andMr. Addifon have done ; though They were bothMen of Bufnefsy as well: as Learnings and concernedin the Cabinet of Fritices, as well as in That ofthe Mufes. It is certain that Men of the aSlive Charafter (fuchas great State/men, or Warriors) have it in theirPower to do more Service to th

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. The craftsman. O 3 SATVRDht, t&k. 7%e Ckattsuat^% 201. N° 101. Saturday, May p, T hath been long difputed, whetherMen of an a^we, or contemplative Life,are of moft Service to the World ; andperhaps the latter have been guihy offome Partiality in giving the Preferenceto Themfelves ; as the Lord Bacon andMr. Addifon have done ; though They were bothMen of Bufnefsy as well: as Learnings and concernedin the Cabinet of Fritices, as well as in That ofthe Mufes. It is certain that Men of the aSlive Charafter (fuchas great State/men, or Warriors) have it in theirPower to do more Service to the Age, in which Theylive, than the others ; the Diftribution of Juftice andthe Adminillration of Government, on which theHappinefs of civil Society depends, being repofed intheir Hands. V/ithout fuch Men, the beft Lawswould have no EfFecl, and the moft powerful Nationswould become a Prey to every Invader. But it muftlikewife be confefsd that thefe Men have it in theirPower to do the greateft Mifchief, as well as thegreateft Good, if They fuffer Ambition and privateIntereft to get the

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