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e dignity of their natute. from the motives under which they pursue thor labours; when^of we have three diversities ia these dominions. The [teattautry of the ftiater island, baviBf^ little idea of personal or domcatk comfort, and httle foresight beyond ibc preseai time, and wanting all those artilicial tastea whki the people of this country feel to be almosL ncGe»- 8ary tr* their t*?ci«tence, labour only for the lowetf tiecti^sitR'H, which being soon supplied, thcy waa|H further inducement to labour; their invention i^^ not stimulated ; their time is disfuraisheU of occu' patiou ; their willg run wild without an object: V.y VHk CURSE AS TO BODfl.V LAROUNt. 1069 ihey are ready for ovcry novelty, and thus is bc- g:otten that unseuled character for which they arc difttiDguishcd, and lo cure which you must by degrees introduce among them atonie higher UMcs forvrhicTh to be inventive and inrinMriouB, A^ain, ihc pcasaniry of this country, though they have the ta^le i'or ihecomrorts of civihzed iifc, beyond |>erhups the people of uny oUicr land, want those higher tastes for knowledge, for education, for moral and spiritual ioj^truction. and for the ttd- vanccmcnt of their children, which distinguish the people of the North. They labour in dieie paru more for the ccnveniencics aud luxurieft of the body and the dwellmg-place : they labour in the North for the education of their oiuldren, for the independence of their familiea. Parents arc carefiiL in order to put their young men into more fawjurable circu mstanccK and higher ^talionn thnn themselves, and in order to bestow upon their young women somettiing that may help their settJDgout in life. Hence the people here have a •enseof animal comfort, and of aocial rights, to stimulate their industry; there, the people haw a desire of kn<»wledgeaud of adrancement. which mukes them work their way with skill and uteadi- ness, under every discomfort and inconvenience. The people here, witli all their bettor accommoda- tions cf table and of person, and of dwelhng- place, are seldom conversant with thought, know- ledge, or desire l»eyond iheir sphere: the people there arc so invariably. And thus it comes to pa^» that though the labour in all these four con- ditions of our subjects be the same, or nearly the same, their moral dignity and intellectual charac^- tcr arc, by reason of the different motives under 1070 Tlir CUR&C Aft TO BODJLV LABOUft. [£^1. which they labour, 8llogetlM*r diffei^ent. In tl first, it iti brutal ; in the swcoud, uiupuIimI ; id third, comforiable and soci