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one as well as himſelf. Univerſal benevolence is the firſt duty, and we ſhould be careful not to let any paſſion ſo engroſs our thoughts, as to prevent our practiſing it. After all the dreams of rapture, earthly pleaſures will not fill the mind, or ſupport it when they have not the ſanction of reaſon, or are too much depended on. The tumult of paſſion will ſubſide, and even the pangs of diſappointment ceaſe to be felt. But for the wicked there is a worm that never dies—a guilty conſcience. While that calm ſatisfaction which reſignation produces, which cannot be deſcribed,
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