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of loving a perſon whom their reaſon does not approve. This, I am perſuaded, has often been the caſe; and the paſſion muſt either be rooted out, or the continual allowances and excuſes that are made will hurt the mind, and leſſen the reſpect for virtue. Love, unſupported by eſteem, muſt ſoon expire, or lead to depravity; as, on the contrary, when a worthy perſon is the object, it is the greateſt incentive to improvement, and has the beſt effect on the manners and temper. We ſhould always try to fix in our minds the rational grounds we have for loving a perſon, that we may be able to recollect them when we feel diſguſt or re--
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