Serious reflections during the life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe : with his Vision of the angelick world . let me fay a little about the many weakand foolilh Ways^ by which Men ftrive^as it were, to unfit themfelves for Converfation*Human Infirmities furnifii us with feveral Thingsthat help to make us unconverfible ; we need notftudy to encreafe the Difadvantages we lye underon that Score: Vice and Intemperance, not as aCrime cnly^ that IJJmildfpeak of hy itfelf, but evenas a Diflemper, unfit us for Converfation ; theyhelp to make v\s cynical, morofe, furly, and Pe
Serious reflections during the life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe : with his Vision of the angelick world . let me fay a little about the many weakand foolilh Ways^ by which Men ftrive^as it were, to unfit themfelves for Converfation*Human Infirmities furnifii us with feveral Thingsthat help to make us unconverfible ; we need notftudy to encreafe the Difadvantages we lye underon that Score: Vice and Intemperance, not as aCrime cnly^ that IJJmildfpeak of hy itfelf, but evenas a Diflemper, unfit us for Converfation ; theyhelp to make v\s cynical, morofe, furly, and People boaR of their polite Carriage andtheir nice Behaviour, how gay, how good hu-mourd, how agreeable? for a While it may befo:But trace them as Men of YicQ, follow them tillthey come to Years, and obferve, while you live,you never fee the Humour laft, but they grow fie-ry, mcrofe, pofitive, and petulant. An ancientDrunkard is a Thing indeed not often feen ; be-caufe the Vice has one good Faculty with it, i^ it feldom hands them on to old Age-, Butan ancient and good humour d Drunkard, I think Inever knew. It. I HI , ItTeejiis ftrange, that Men fhoujd af&d unfit-ting themieives for Society, and fludy to makethemfelves unconverfiblc, whereas their beingtruly Sociable, as Men, is the Thing whictiwould mofl: recommend them, and that to thebefl of Men, and beft anfwers to the higheft Fe-licity of Life. Let no Man value himfelf uporibeing morofe and cynical, four and unconverfible^tis the Reverfe of a good Man ; a truly religi-ous Man follows the Rule of the Apoftlc, Le Af-fable, be CourteoHij be Humble; in Meeknefs, efteemingevery Man better than ourjehes; whereas Converfa-tion now is the Reverfe of the Chriflian Rule ;tis interrupted with Conceitednefs and Affedati-on, a Pridei efieemmg our felves better than everyMan; SLud that which is worfe ftiu, this happensgenerally, when indeed the Juftice of the Cafe isagainft us; for where is the Man who thus over-ruling himfelf, i
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