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<A FIELDING> <T MCONVERSATION> <P 119><L 1> AN ESSAY ON CONVERSATION MAN IS GENERALLY REPRESENTED AS AN ANIMAL FORMED FOR AND DELIGHTING IN SOCIETY: IN THIS STATE ALONE, IT IS SAID, HIS VARIOUS TALENTS CAN BE EXERTED, HIS NUMBERLESS NECESSITIES RELIEVED, THE DANGERS HE IS EXPOSED TO CAN BE AVOIDED, AND MANY OF THE PLEASURES HE EAGERLY AFFECTS, ENJOYED. IF THESE ASSERTIONS BE, AS I THINK THEY ARE, UNDOUBTEDLY AND OBVIOUSLY CERTAIN, THOSE FEW WHO HAVE DENIED MAN TO BE A SOCIAL ANIMAL, HAVE LEFT US THESE TWO SOLUTIONS OF THEIR CONDUCT: EITHER THAT THERE ARE MEN AS BOLD IN DENIAL AS CAN BE FOUND IN ASSERTION; AND AS CICERO SAYS, THERE IS NO ABSURDITY WHICH SOME PHILOSOPHER OR OTHER HATH NOT ASSERTED; SO WE MAY SAY, THERE IS NO TRUTH SO GLARING, THAT SOME HAVE NOT DENIED IT. OR ELSE; THAT THESE REJECTERS OF SOCIETY BORROW ALL THEIR INFORMATION FROM THEIR OWN SAVAGE DISPOSITIONS, AND ARE INDEED THEMSELVES THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE GENERAL RULE. BUT TO LEAVE SUCH PERSONS TO THOSE W . . .
