FOOTNOTES: [51] Opiferque per orbem Dicor. [Ovid, _Metam._ Lib. I. vv. 521-2.] [52] An empiric who _flourished_ at the same time with this great man. LETTER VIII. _TRADES._ Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum: rectius occupat Nomen Beati, qui Deorum Muneribus sapienter uti, Duramque callet pauperiem pati. _Hor._ lib. iv. od. 9 [vv. 45-9]. Non uxor salvum te vult, non filius: omnes Vicini oderunt; noti, pueri atque puellæ. Miraris, cum tu argento post omnia ponas, Si nemo præstet, quem non merearis, amorem? _Hor._ Sat. lib. 1. [Sat. 1. vv. 84-7]. Non propter vitam faciunt patrimonia quidam, Sed vitio cæci propter patrimonia vivunt. _Juvenal._ Sat. 12. [vv. 50-1]. No extensive Manufactories in the Borough: yet considerable Fortunes made there--Ill Judgment of Parents in disposing of their Sons--The best educated not the most likely to succeed--Instance--Want of Success compensated by the lenient Power of some Avocations--The Naturalist--The Weaver an Entomologist, &c.--A Prize-Flower--Story of Walter and William. LETTER VIII. _TRADES._ Of manufactures, trade, inventions rare, Steam-towers and looms, you'd know our Borough's share-- 'Tis small: we boast not these rich subjects here, Who hazard thrice ten thousand pounds a year, We've no huge buildings, where incessant noise Is made by springs and spindles, girls and boys; Where, 'mid such thundering sounds, the maiden's song Is "Harmony in Uproar"[53] all day long. Still, common minds with us, in common trade, Have gain'd more wealth than ever student made; 10 And yet a merchant, when he gives his son His college-learning, thinks his duty done; A way to wealth he leaves his boy to find, Just when he's made for the discovery blind. Jones and his wife perceived their elder boy Took to his learning, and it gave them joy; This they encouraged, and were bless'd to see Their son a Fellow with a high degree; A living fell, he married, and his sire Declared 'twas all a father could require; 20 Children then bless'd them, and when letters came, The parents proudly told each grandchild's name. Meantime the sons at home in trade were placed, Money their object--just the father's taste; Saving he lived and long, and when he died, He gave them all his fortune to divide. "Martin," said he, "at vast expense was taught; He gain'd his wish, and has the ease he sought." Thus the good priest (the Christian-scholar!) finds What estimate is made by vulgar minds; 30 He sees his brothers, who had every gift Of thriving, now assisted in their thrift;