we become strangers to our native country; and the over curious in the customs of the past are generally ignorant of those of the present
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be prevented from thinking that everything contrary to our customs is ridiculous and irrational, a conclusion usually come to by those whose experience has been limited to their own country.
Indeed the case
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. It is useful to know something of the manners of different nations, that we may be enabled to form a more correct judgment regarding our own,
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hope it will prove useful to some without being hurtful to any, and that my openness will find some favor with all.
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it is but a little copper and glass, perhaps, that I take for gold and diamonds