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I have a question for those Mandeville scholars who are out there, I'm 
sure. I am teaching him in a history of thought class (I think he is very 
important for understanding Smith's project; Smith wanted to take the 
ethical sting out of Man-devil, while accepting huge chunks of the analysis 
that led to the sting--which accounts for  big incoherencies in his work.) 
Anyway the question is about the last line of the Grumbling Hive; We cannot 
understand the reference to Acorns in: "they, that would revive/ a Golden 
Age, must be as free/ for Acorns, as for Honesty." Thanks! 
 
 
Kevin Quinn 
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