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Show 4 The Art of Trae'eflz'lzg. bell: Matters, and that he know their Sentiments at the firfl; hand. ll'ay,the firl'c Condition is to have the Mind form'd, but not determin'd', that is, it lhould not be to crude as eagerly to receive all forts of lmprelfions, and yet fufiiciently difpos'd to give a free admillion to Truth, which will perhaps be underltood better by an Example. One that travels too young is immediately difl'atisfied in the exercife of the Religion he profeflés, by the different manners of Worlhip he difcovers abroad; therefore the greennefs of his The Art of Travelling. 5 does upon the Eye 5 it calts fuch a Mill: upon it, renders it f0 uncapable to makea fair Judgmentand of What IS propos'd to it, that nothin can be more ' oppofite to the difcovery of Truth t an Prep oll‘ellion, which if it bear fway in the Mind, will give little hope of improvement by Travelling. The third Quality requifite is, To have a Capaci ty of Mind proportionate to the bufinefs to which a applies himfelf, and in which he feeks to be accman omplifh'd: For feeing the Rudiments of Painting and Age makes him run a greater risk than is commonly other Arts are not to be learn'd by Travelling, and thought in the difcuflion of matters of Religion, tho it renders him very fit to endure Fatigues, the difference of Climats, of Food, and of the various Seafons of the Year. Nor is a Man any more fit to obferving the fineft Strokes of the belt Mafter s; but a Man muft be cut out for a bufinefs before he prefumes to feek Improvement in it by going abroad : They that fuppofe to turn a Blockhead into a Man of 'Parts by fending him into foreign Countries, will find themfelves mil‘taken. He that has but a fmall improve by Travelling when too much advanc'd in Years, becaufe his Mind is too much determin'd, and in no very good difpolition to learn what he thinks he knows well enough already. 50 that that part of a Man's Age from twenty fiVe to thirty five is the molt proper time for Travelling, becaufe his Natural Capacity will never have a large one, whatever courfe be taken to improve it : 'Tis true, he may Mind is neither wholly crude, nor entirely form'd 3 learn by Travelling to fill up what Capacity he has, but he'll never be able to go beyond it; for the Minds of Men have their feveraldegrees of height that which he has already learn'd only difpofes him and ftrength, as well as their Bodies; and as 'tis to iudg the better, While he feeks to be inform'd after another manner; and thus he makes fo fair a impoflible by all the Art in the World to add one inch to a Man's Stature when at his full growth, fo 'tis utterly impracticable to enlarge the Capacity of his Mind beyond the Bounds which Nature has prefcrib'd. ' The fourth Qualification is, To be furnilh'd with decifion of what he learns, that all the Sophifms in the World will never lhake him. By this 'tis eafy to fee whence it is that f0 few are the better for Travelling, and can only give an account of fuch Circuml‘tances as Soldiers and Poltilions might ca- fily relate, 'tis to be attributed either to their too great Youth or too great Age. The fecond Qialification of a Traveller is, That he be void of Prejudice in every thing, about which all neceffary Afliitance to facilitate his Accefs to the Matters of thofe Arts and Sciences he has a mind to learn; in which refpeét every Country hasa different Genius ', f0 that 'tis often feen, that what may he delires to receive Information ', becaufe Prejudice contribute to a man's alfiftance in one place, will by no means do him any good in another. For in- produces fuch an Effect upon our Reafon, as a Film fiance, In Germany a man lhall never get inward does With Great Men by being profufe in his Expencbes, ut |