Changes, by whom made.�Changes in the fashion, or, in other words, in the customs of a country, become a source of wealth and commerce, and contribute to those daily occupations which make life preferable in civilized society. The clown and the savage require no change, no variety; and the vulgar, who are one degree above them, slowly adopt the changes of others, although they insensibly slide into the fashion. On the contrary, the nice observer, the 'eleganti� formarum spectator' [exact judge of beauty], eagerly seizes and imitates whatever appears new; and, perhaps, without inquiring into its reasonableness or propriety. Thus, forms and fashions of one climate are often brought into another, without attending to their uses or original intentions.
