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The Nurſery.
human conduct, as inſtinct has in the brute creation. Indolence, and a thoughtleſs diſregard of every thing, except the preſent indulgence, make many mothers, who may have momentary ſtarts of tenderneſs, neglect their children. They follow a pleaſing impulſe, and never reflect that reaſon ſhould cultivate and govern thoſe inſtincts which are implanted in us to render the path of duty pleaſant—for if they are not governed they will run wild; and ſtrengthen the paſſions which are ever endeavouring to obtain dominion—I mean vanity and ſelf-love.
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