To  throw  odium  on  the  employment,  is  to  deprive  the  horse
of  many  men  whose  services  might  make  his  life  more  tol-
erable ;  and  to  degrade  all.  because  a  few  deserve  degrada-
tion, is  work  fit  only  for  a  fool.  Society,  composed  as  it  is
of  so  much  pride,  and  folly,  and  ignorance,  will  continue  to
do  this,  and  to  associate  the  duty  with  the  men  who  perform
it.  But  in  the  solitude  of  his  study  a  writer  ought  to  be  more
precise.  His  wisdom  is  not  of  much  worth  if  he  mingle  it
with  the  dogmas  of  those  to  whom  the  distinctions  of  pride
and  pomp  are  more  than  the  distinctions  of  truth.
It  depends  upon  the  man  himself.  There  is  no  reason  why
he  should  not  be  respectable  and  respected.  He  fills  a  useful
place  in  society.  There  are  many  in  it  shrewd  and  intelligent
above  their  station.
