For if _Nicanor_ loved Wine, he would drink more of it. He is rich enough to buy it, nay he has Plenty of it, tho' he hardly ever touches it, when he is by himself. He grudges it not to Others; and it is incredible, that if he loved Wine, he should only fill Thimbles full for himself, whilst he saw Others drink Bumpers to his Cost with Pleasure. You will think perhaps, that I have said too much already, to prove a Thing that is as clear as the Sun. But if it was as reputable, and 'counted as necessary to real Happiness to love Wine, as it is to be Religious; and a Man of _Euphranor_'s Capacity had a Mind to be _Nicanor_'s Advocate, and maintain, that the Love of Wine was the Motive of his Industry, in Spight of all the Appearances to the Contrary; if, I say, a Man had a Mind to maintain this, and had _Euphranor_'s Capacity, he might make a great Shew for his Client, without the Learning of _Crito_, and would certainly baffle his Adversaries, if he had such pliable ones as _Alciphron_ and _Lysicles_ to deal with. Come, would _Euphranor_ say, answer me, _Alciphron_; is it not demonstrable, that the more Money a Man has, the more able he is to buy Wine. _Alciphron_ would answer, I cannot deny that; and here the Dialogue would begin. _Euphr._ When there are plain Evidences that a Man has been drunk, would you deny it to be true? _Alciph._ I would never speak against Matter of Fact. _Euph._ Would you pretend to prove from a Man's having been drunk, that he does not love Wine? _Alciph._ I own I would not. _Euph._ You, who are a Free Thinker, and have enquir'd so minutely into Human Nature, do you think there is a Capacity in Man, by which he can dive into the Hearts of others, and know their most secret Thoughts with Certainty? _Alciph._ I don't think there is. _Euph._ When Actions are good and laudable in themselves, and there are two different Motives from which they might proceed, the one very honourable, and the other scandalous; which is it most charitable, to ascribe these Actions to the first Motive, or the latter? Why do you hesitate, _Alciphron_? Would not a polite Man, speaking to another's Face, say, that he thought his Actions proceeded from that Motive which does the most Honour to him? _Alciph._ I should think so. _Euph._ O _Alciphron_! from your own Concessions I can prove to you, how we ought to judge of _Nicanor_; and that it is highly injurious to ascribe his Industry, and the Pains he takes to get Money, to any Thing but his Love of Wine. The Minute Philosophers may say what they please; but Wine is not to be bought without Money; and you have own'd your self, that the more Money a Man has, the more he is able to buy Wine. These Things are self-evident: What a Man chuses, who is at Liberty to do what he pleases, he must prefer to that which he chuses not; and why should _Nicanor_ drink Wine any more than he would eat Cheese, if he did not love it? That he drinks it, is plain; all his Friends and