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when it is neceſſary, in order to be uſeful to any fellow-creature.
There is a juſt pride, a noble ambition in ſome minds, that I greatly admire. I have ſeen a little of it in Mary! for whilſt ſhe pities others, ſhe imagines that ſhe could bear their inconveniences herſelf; and ſhe ſeems to feel more uneaſineſs, when ſhe obſerves the ſufferings of others, than I could ever trace on her countenance under the immediate preſſure of pain.
Remember you are to bear patiently the infirmities of the weakeſt of your fellow-creatures; but to yourſelves you are not to be equally indulgent.
CHAP.
