a Means of attaining to W fdorn. 301 affociate, and of choice enter into intimacies S ER M. of friendfhip with them. The general in- XII. clination of mankind determineth them to `'`r°'' fociety, and this natural inclination exerteth itfelf not only in forming particular affoci- ations, fuch as civil communities larger and leffer, and families, for fpecial ends in life ; it engageth us to converfe together for mu- tual fatisfa &ion. Thus we find, univerfally, men of all capacities and conditions Phew a delire of converfation, though very different, according to the diverfity of their taftes, occafioned by education, degrees of under f}anding, prevailing affections, and outward circumftances. There is none even in the loweft Ration, and of the weakeft under - Randing, and whofe difpofition to fociety bath been the leaft improved, but incline to company of force fort or other ; none of fuch a contemplative genius, or that can belt entertain himfelf in folitude with his own meditations, and even the higheft plea - fures of felf- refletion and devotion, but that he needeth converfation both for his im- provement and pleafure. There is no man fo full of himfelf, and who hath fuch a high conceit of his own fufficiency, and contempt of others in comparifon with him- felf, but he will find hitnfel£ obliged, fo Rrong iï
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