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Having now, ladies and gentlemen, offered proofs Unit
the Board is a natural feature of the male lace, and de-
signed by Providence for distinction, protection, and orna-
ment, and shewn you historically, that while there was
never any sufficient reason alleged for leaving it off, unless
a heaven condemned superstition, or the capricious dictates
of fops and profligates, afford to any sound mind reasonable
motives of action, need I ask you not to oppose the efforts
of those Who, reverencing the Creator's laws as above the
dictates of man, conceive themselves justified in returning
to the more natural course. On our part we will, notwith-
standing all that we have said, freely allow any one to
continue the practice of shaving, who will be content with
the same plea as a certain Duke de Brissac, who was often
overheard uttering the following soliloquy while adjusting
his razor to the proper angle. " Timoleon de Cosse, God
hath made thee a Gentleman, and the King hath made
thee a Duke; it is right find fit, however, that thou
shouldst have something to do, therefore thou shalt shave
thyself!"
