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On the Treatment of Servants.
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and when there is, be poſitive, but not angry. A mind that is not too much engroſſed by trifles, will not be diſcompoſed by every little domeſtic diſaſter; and a thinking perſon can very readily make allowance for thoſe faults which ariſe from want of reflection and education. I have ſeen the peace of a whole family diſturbed by ſome trivial, croſs accident, and hours ſpent in uſeleſs upbraidings about ſome miſtake which would never have been thought of, but for the conſequences that aroſe from it. An error in judgment or an accident ſhould not be ſeverely reprehended. It is a proof of wiſdom to
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