esteem　the　loss　of　a　penny。　They　find　pearls　on　their　coast；　and
  diamonds　and　carbuncles　on　their　rocks；　they　do　not　look　after
  them；　but；　if　they　find　them　by　chance；　they　polish　them；　and　with
  them　they　adorn　their　children；　who　are　delighted　with　them；　and
  glory　in　them　during　their　childhood；　but　when　they　grow　to　years；
  and　see　that　none　but　children　use　such　baubles；　they　of　their　own
  accord；　without　being　bid　by　their　parents；　lay　them　aside；　and
  would　be　as　much　ashamed　to　use　them　afterward　as　children　among
  us；　when　they　come　to　years；　are　of　their　puppets　and　other　toys。
  I　never　saw　a　clearer　instance　of　the　opposite　impressions　that
  different　customs　make　on　people；　than　I　observed　in　the
  ambassadors　of　the　Anemolians；　who　came　to　Amaurot　when　I　was
  there。　As　they　came　to　treat　of　affairs　of　great　consequence；　the
  deputies　from　several　towns　met　together　to　wait　for　their　coming。
  The　ambassadors　of　the　nations　that　lie　near　Utopia；　knowing　their
  customs；　and　that　fine　clothes　are　in　no　esteem　among　them；　that
  silk　is　despised；　and　gold　is　a　badge　of　infamy；　used　to　come　very
  modestly　clothed；　but　the　Anemolians；　lying　more　remote；　and
  having　had　little　commerce　with　them；　understanding　that　they　were
  coarsely　clothed；　and　all　in　the　same　manner；　took　it　for　granted
  that　they　had　none　of　those　fine　things　among　them　of　which　they
  made　no　use；　and　they　being　a　vainglorious　rather　than　a　wise
  people；　resolved　to　set　themselves　out　with　so　much　pomp；　that
  they　should　look　like　gods；　and　strike　the　eyes　of　the　poor
  Utopians　with　their　splendor。　Thus　three　ambassadors　made　their
  entry　with　100　attendants；　all　clad　in　garments　of　different
  colors；　and　the　greater　part　in　silk；　the　ambassadors　themselves；
  who　were　of　the　nobility　of　their　country；　were　in　cloth…of…gold；
  and　adorned　with　massy　chains；　ear…rings；　and　rings　of　gold：　their
  caps　were　covered　with　bracelets　set　full　of　pearls　and　other
  gems：　in　a　word；　they　were　set　out　with　all　those　things　that；
  among　the　Utopians；　were　the　badges　of　slavery；　the　marks　of
  infamy；　or　the　playthings　of　children。
  It　was　not　unpleasant　to　see；　on　the　one　side；　how　they　looked
  big；　when　they　compared　their　rich　habits　with　the　plain　clothes
  of　the　Utopians；　who　were　come　out　in　great　numbers　to　see　them
  make　their　entry：　and；　on　the　other；　to　observe　how　much　they　were
  mistaken　in　the　impression　which　they　hoped　this　pomp　would　have
  made　on　them。　It　appeared　so　ridiculous　a　show　to　all　that　had
  never　stirred　out　of　their　country；　and　had　not　seen　the　customs
  of　other　nations；　that　though　they　paid　some　reverence　to　those
  that　were　the　most　meanly　clad；　as　if　they　had　been　the
  ambassadors；　yet　when　they　saw　the　ambassadors　themselves；　so　full
  of　gold　and　chains；　they　looked　upon　them　as　slaves；　and　forbore
  to　treat　them　with　reverence。　You　might　have　seen　the　children；
  who　were　grown　big　enough　to　despise　their　playthings；　and　who　had
  thrown　away　their　jewels；　call　to　their　mothers；　push　them　gently；
  and　cry　out；　〃See　that　great　fool　that　wears　pearls　and　gems；　as
  if　he　were　yet　a　child。〃　While　their　mothers　very　innocently
  replied；　〃Hold　your　peace；　this；　I　believe；　is　one　of　the
  ambassador's　fools。〃　Others　censured　the　fashion　of　their　chains；
  and　observed　that　they　were　of　no　use；　for　they　were　too　slight　to
  bind　their　slaves；　who　could　easily　break　them；　and　besides　hung
  so　loose　about　them　that　they　thought　it　easy　to　throw　them　away；
  and　so　get　from　them。
  But　after　the　ambassadors　had　stayed　a　day　among　them；　and　saw　so
  vast　a　quantity　of　gold　in　their　houses；　which　was　as　much
  despised　by　them　as　it　was　esteemed　in　other　nations；　and　beheld
  more　gold　and　silver　in　the　chains　and　fetters　of　one　slave　than
  all　their　ornaments　amounted　to；　their　plumes　fell；　and　they　were
  ashamed　of　all　that　glory　for　which　they　had　formerly　valued
  themselves；　and　accordingly　laid　it　aside；　a　resolution　that　they
  immediately　took；　when　on　their　engaging　in　some　free　discourse
  with　the　Utopians；　they　discovered　their　sense　of　such　things　and
  their　other　customs。　The　Utopians　wonder　how　any　man　should　be　so
  much　taken　with　the　glaring　doubtful　lustre　of　a　jewel　or　a　stone；
  that　can　look　up　to　a　star　or　to　the　sun　himself；　or　how　any
  should　value　himself　because　his　cloth　is　made　of　a　finer　thread：
  for　how　fine　soever　that　thread　may　be；　it　was　once　no　better　than
  the　fleece　of　a　sheep；　and　that　sheep　was　a　sheep　still　for　all
  its　wearing　it。　They　wonder　much　to　hear　that　gold　which　in　itself
  is　so　useless　a　thing；　should　be　everywhere　so　much　esteemed；　that
  even　men　for　whom　it　was　made；　and　by　whom　it　has　its　value；
  should　yet　be　thought　of　less　value　than　this　metal。　That　a　man　of
  lead；　who　has　no　more　sense　than　a　log　of　wood；　and　is　as　bad　as
  he　is　foolish；　should　have　many　wise　and　good　men　to　serve　him；
  only　because　he　has　a　great　heap　of　that　metal；　and　that　if　it
  should　happen　that　by　some　accident　or　trick　of　law　（which
  sometimes　produces　as　great　changes　as　chance　itself）　all　this
  wealth　should　pass　from　the　master　to　the　meanest　varlet　of　his
  whole　family；　he　himself　would　very　soon　become　one　of　his
  servants；　as　if　he　were　a　thing　that　belonged　to　his　wealth；　and
  so　were　bound　to　follow　its　fortune。　But　they　much　more　admire　and
  detest　the　folly　of　those　who；　when　they　see　a　rich　man；　though
  they　neither　owe　him　anything　nor　are　in　any　sort　dependent　on　his
  bounty；　yet　merely　because　he　is　rich　give　him　little　less　than
  divine　honors；　even　though　they　know　him　to　be　so　covetous　and
  base…minded　that　notwithstanding　all　his　wealth　he　will　not　part
  with　one　farthing　of　it　to　them　as　long　as　he　lives。
  These　and　such　like　notions　has　that　people　imbibed；　partly　from
  their　education；　being　bred　in　a　country　whose　customs　and　laws
  are　opposite　to　all　such　foolish　maxims；　and　partly　from　their
  learning　and　studies；　for　though　there　are　but　few　in　any　town
  that　are　so　wholly　excused　from　labor　as　to　give　themselves
  entirely　up　to　their　studies；　these　being　only　such　persons　as
  discover　from　their　childhood　an　extraordinary　capacity　and
  disposition　for　letters；　yet　their　children；　and　a　great　part　of
  the　nation；　both　men　and　women；　are　taught　to　spend　those　hours　in
  which　they　are　not　obliged　to　work；　in　reading：　and　this　they　do
  through　the　whole　progress　of　life。　They　have　all　their　learning
  in　their　own　tongue；　which　is　both　a　copious　and　pleasant
  language；　and　in　which　a　man　can　fully　express　his　mind。　It　runs
  over　a　great　tract　of　many　countries；　but　it　is　not　equally　pure
  in　all　places。　They　had　never　so　much　as　heard　of　the　names　of　any
  of　those　philosophers　that　are　so　famous　in　these　parts　of　the
  world；　before　we　went　among　them；　and　yet　they　had　made　the　same
  discoveries　as　the　Greeks；　in　music；　logic；　arithmetic；　and
  geometry。　But　as　they　are　almost　in　everything　equal　to　the
  ancient　philosophers；　so　they　far　exceed　our　modern　logicians；　for
  they　have　never　yet　fallen　upon　the　barbarous　niceties　that　our
  youth　are　forced　to　learn　in　those　trifling　logical　schools　that
  are　among　us；　they　are　so　far　from　minding　chimeras；　and
  fantastical　images　made　in　the　mind；　that　none　of　them　could
  comprehend　what　we　meant　when　we　talked　to　them　of　man　in　the
  abstract；　as　common　to　all　men　in　particular　（so　that　though　we
  spoke　of　him　as　a　thing　that　we　could　point　at　with　our　fingers；
  yet　none　of　them　could　perceive　him）；　and　yet　distinct　from
  everyone；　as　if　he　were　some　monstrous　Colossus　or　giant。
  Yet　for　all　this　ignorance　of　these　empty　notions；　they　knew
  astronomy；　and　were　perfectly　acquainted　with　the　motions　of　the
  heavenly　bodies；　and　have　many　instruments；　well　contrived　and
  divided；　by　which　they　very　accurately　compute　the　course　and
  positions　of　the　sun；　moon；　and　stars。　But　for　the　cheat；　of
  divining　by　the　stars