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Moral Diſcipline.
deſty, which being accuſtomed to converſe with ſuperiors, will give a girl, is entirely done away. I muſt own, I am quite charmed when I ſee a ſweet young creature, ſhrinking as it were from obſervation, and liſtening rather than talking. It is poſſible a girl may have this manner without having a very good underſtanding. If it ſhould be ſo, this diffidence prevents her from being troubleſome.
It is the duty of a parent to preſerve a child from receiving wrong impreſſions.—As to prejudices, the firſt notions we have deſerve that name; for it is not till we begin to waver in ouropinions.
