Autograph letter : Bath, to Philip Stanhope, 1739 November 5.

Expressing his pleasure that he had seen "...the Lord Mayor's show, for I supposed it amus'd you, and besides I would have you see every thing. It is a good way of getting knowledge, especially if you enquire carefully (as I hope you always do) after the meaning, and the particulars of every thing you see;" explaining the role of the Lord Mayor, how he is chosen and the composition of the Court of Alderman and common council; telling him "People who have seen little, are apt to stare sillily, and wonder at every new thing they see, but a Man who has been bred in the world, looks at every thing with coollness and sedateness, and makes proper observations upon what he sees;" inviting him to call on him at Grosvenor Square "...where you shall find the things you bespoke, and something much better, as an additional reward for your learning well. For though people should not do well, only for the sake of rewards, yett those who do well ought in Justice to be rewarded. One should do well, for the sake of doing well, and vertue is it's own reward. That is, the consciousness of having done right, makes one happy enough even without any other reward. Consciousness, means that reall and inward Judgement that every man forms of his own actions for example, one says, I am not conscious of any guilt, that is, my heart does not tell me that I am guilty, I feel my self innocent. Or I am conscious that I deserve to be punish'd; that is, I feel that I have committed the fault for which I am to be punish'd. It comes from the Latin, Conscire, and Conscius. Horace says, Nihil conscire sibi, nullave pallescere culpa which means to have nothing to reproach one's self with and not to turn pale with remorse of guilt. He says too Mens conscia Recti That is, a mind conscious of having done right. The greatest pleasure and happynes that any man can have. Adieu.